Kenyan teachers are demanding 300 %salary increments. This is after their strike bore aborted in 2015.
The teachers, through Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), have told the government to increase the salary else they vote for opposition leader Raila Odinga in the 2017 elections.
The new salary structure, after the adjustment, will see the lowest paid teacher pocketing Ksh50, 016 while the highest will go home with Ksh 218,178
Here is the breakdown of the salaries for all categories:
| Job Group Current salary (Sh) Expected Salary (Sh) |
| Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum |
| G 16,672 21,304 50,015 63,912 |
| H 19323 24,662 57,969 73,986 |
| J 24,662 29,918 73,986 89,754 |
| K 31,020 41,596 93,060 124,788 |
| L 35,910 44,588 107,730 137640 |
| M 41,590 55,840 124,770 167,520 |
| N 48,190 60,290 144,570 180,879 |
| P 77,527 103,894 155054 207,788 |
| Q 89,748 120,270 179,496 240,540 |
| R 109,089 144,928 218,178 289,858 |
Considering the economic situation in Kenya, the salary increment looks realistic in paper but impossible practically. It might take KNUT up to 20 years to reach the 300 % increment target
