TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia. [Photo/citizentv.co.ke]
The Teachers Service Commission is set to pay about 22, 000 retired teachers their pension arrears.This is after TSC signed a Sh17 billion agreement to settle pension and salary arrears owed to the retirees, who quit employment between 1998 and 2003.
Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia confirmed she had signed the pension payout, which will end the long-running dispute that has been the subject of court battles for years.
“I can confirm that we have processed the arrears and some beneficiaries have already been paid," said Ms Macharia. The money will be paid out to teachers who were in service when the Government agreed to pay salaries of up to 150 per cent in five phases, from 1997.
Through their lawyer Dominic Kimata, the retirees filed the case against TSC in the High Court in Nakuru. Sought orders They sought orders “for the declaration that together with other retired teachers they were entitled to retirement benefits inclusive of all other benefits provided for in the 1997 agreement”.
The commission and the Attorney General lodged an appeal against the judgement but it was dismissed. Instead, the High Court's ruling was reaffirmed.