Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has changed his tune over the availability of money to fund the Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers employment.
Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, John Mbadi claimed that there is enough money available for JSS teachers employment on permanent and pensionable terms.
According to Mbadi, he was wrong by claiming that there was no money for JSS teachers employment and claimed that he was ill-informed on the budgetary allocation status for the JSS teachers.
“Those who are saying there is money in the budget for JSS teachers are right. I am wrong and there is nothing with saying I am wrong. The communication was wrong from my side I should have been clearer.”
Mbadi now says that he meant there is no money from July to December for employment of these teachers but there is enough money available for the employment of JSS teachers from January 2025.
“I actually implied that there would be no money to pay them from July to December. I should have made clear that there is money in the budget for conversion of JSS teachers to permanent and pensionable from January 2025 and there is Ksh.22 billion available.”
This comes after Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) announced their upcoming nationwide strike from Monday 26th (TOMORROW).
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However, the declaration by Mbadi on Thursday last week after claiming that there was no money for JSS teachers employment is said to have escalated the situation even more hence the need to clarify on the same.