Public servants particularly teachers have suffered yet another major blow weeks after they were on the streets pleading with their employer Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to consider them and offer better terms of employment to help cope with the rough economic times.
Image File of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) boss Nancy Macharia.
This is after reports surfaced from verifiable sources indicating that the government has okayed employers to deduct 6% from all civil servant’s payslips to contribute toward the National Social Security Fund starting from February 1, 2025.
That means that starting February, public servants will part way with roughly Sh 2,160 with their respective employers matching the same amount thus contributing Sh4,320 per month.
Under the new mandatory deduction, Teachers payslips is expected to shrink even more following other statutory deductions including Pay As You Earn (PAYE) whose standard rate is currently at 25%, the Housing Levy which takes away 1.5% of civil servant’s monthly gross salary, Social Health Authority (SHA) which takes away 2.75 per cent on their gross pay among other deductions meant for their Unions like KNUT and KUPPET.
With this report already in place, tough times await many Kenyans across the country as the current Kenya Kwanza regime is yet again prepared to enact a number of new tax measures that are currently under public participation.
By Kenyans