KUPPET dissociates from proposed 3% housing tax
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has disagreed with the proposed 3% salary deduction to finance the Housing project.
This proposal, supported by President William Ruto, calls for a mandatory three percent monthly contribution to the Housing Fund by all salaried Kenyans.
The contribution would be taken from an individual’s income regardless of their earnings, meaning someone earning ten thousand shillings per month would have to contribute three hundred shillings to the fund.
KUPPET’s national gender secretary, Catherine Wambilianga, who also serves as the Bungoma Woman Representative, has opposed the deduction and expressed her support for teachers. She believes that the deduction could adversely affect the performance of teachers due to their low salaries and high inflation rates. Wambilianga further argues that many teachers are already struggling to make ends meet, and the proposed deduction would make it worse.
Speaking during the Webuye East Constituency Education Day at St. Cecilia Girls Misikhu, Wambilianga distanced herself and the KUPPET from the proposed. She asserted that the proposal would not be in the best interest of teachers who have already suffered from inadequate salaries and harsh working conditions.
” We (KUPPET) distance our self from the 3 percent deduction from the teacher salary. The teachers you see around here when you see their payslip you will be shocked, if we say we allow the deduction this salary will not be enough,” Said Ms. Wambilianga.
Wambilianga emphasized that teachers’ income is already meager, and an additional deduction would significantly reduce their income. She pointed out that the payslips of many teachers reveal their low salaries, and the proposed deduction would render their wages insufficient.
Wambilianga emphasized that teachers’ income is already meager, and an additional deduction would significantly reduce their income. She pointed out that the payslips of many teachers reveal their low salaries, and the proposed deduction would render their wages insufficient.
On May, 11, 2023 the Anglican Church rejected President William Ruto’s proposed taxation measures, saying it was a sign that the government was “increasingly proving insensitive to the plight of the majority of Kenyans” whom they said were sinking deeper into economic hardship and distress daily.
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