Deputy minister Say Government intends to pay teachers on time
The Deputy Minister of State in the President's Office (Regional Administration and Local Governments), Mwita Waitara said that around 40,000 secondary school teachers are demanding 18bn/- in arrears from the government, while other teachers’ claims from district and regional levels seek payments of 157m/- from the government. And 86,000 primary teachers need over 43 bl/- from the government. He directed the employing authorities, district executive directors throughout the country to conduct case by case scrutiny on all the debts and plan how to pay them. Waitara made statement while responding to a supplementary question by the Special Seats MP, Kiza Hussein Mayeye (CUF) who had wanted to know how much the government owed teachers. Earlier in her main question, she wanted to know government plans to ensure that teachers get their rightful pay after promotions and upgrading. She asserted that the government often promotes teachers to upper grades but fail to pay them new salaries ...