Tutors allied to the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) are asking President Uhuru Kenyatta to fulfil his pre-election pledges.
Addressing the press on Sunday, November 13, the union's management noted that it inked a deal with Kenya Kwanza ahead of the August 9 General election.
The teachers promised their support to the Head of State and entered into a raft of agreements including pay rise for the teachers.
In his speech, KUPPET Deputy Secretary General Moses Nthurima argued that it was high time the promises were fulfilled claiming that the economy had improved.
"We signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the incoming Government before they were elected and a number of things were agreed upon.
"Our expectations as a union is that TSC will roll out sessions for negotiations because the economy has improved and teachers cannot wait anymore," he stated.
Besides, the union is also seeking more funding to rollout the Competency-Based Curriculum arguing that the new system was better placed to instill useful skills in the learners.
"The current system is knowledge-based. We want to expand and an education system which will ensure that our children will fit into society and the economy. That can only happen if the Government supports CBC," corroborated Ronald Kiprotich, KUPPET's Assistant Treasurer.
The demands came just a day after the unions Secretary General Akello Misori rallied lawmakers and Treasury to provide Ksh8.9 billion to actualise teachers' National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cover.
Misori argued that Treasury had only paid Ksh15 billion leaving a deficit hence affecting the medical cover rollout.
"KUPPET calls upon Parliament and National Treasury to urgently provide funds for teachers medical insurance under review.
"We have in our knowledge that Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and NHIF already had an arrangement for a comprehensive medical cover but the bottleneck is NHIF cover demands an additional Ksh8.9 billion to be effected... In the absence of the provision of this amount, then teachers will be out of cover," stated Misori.
The teachers are also seeking to have delocalisation law overturned to allow them work closer to their homes.
