Education PS Issues Way Forward On Pending 2025 KCSE Invigilators’ Payments
Basic Education Principal Secretary John Ololtuaa has stated that the government will shortly issue delayed payments to the remaining 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) invigilators and supervisors who have yet to receive their allowances.
Speaking at an event on July 15, Ololtuaa stated that the Ministry of Education is working closely with the National Treasury to finalize payment arrangements.
The PS informed the impacted instructors that they would receive their compensation once the process was completed.
“We, as the Ministry of Education, are in talks with the Treasury to plan how the money that we owe you reaches your pockets,” Ololtuaa said.
Education PS John Ololtuaa says that invigilators and supervisors for the 2025 KCSE will receive their dues soon pic.twitter.com/QZNhzQvQmu— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) July 15, 2026
“Once those plans are mature, rest assured that you will receive your money.”
He asked the impacted invigilators and supervisors to be patient while the government completes the payment procedure.
He also promised that the representation from education stakeholders nationwide, especially the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), will not be left out of the negotiating table in the quest for teachers’ welfare.
For the 2025 KCSE examination cycle, KNEC deployed a total of 66,908 supervisors and invigilators to oversee the national examinations.
This sum comprises 54,782 teachers who served as invigilators and 12,126 who served as supervisors.
The government released Ksh1.5 billion through Supplementary Estimates II to settle long-standing arrears owed to teachers who administered and marked the 2025 national examinations.
The move eased months of mounting frustration among affected education personnel nationwide.
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The Ministry of Education and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) confirmed on July 9 that the funds had been disbursed, fully clearing outstanding marking allowances owed to KCSE and KJSEA examiners nationwide.
However, reports indicate that not all of them were paid, as some were given priority over others in the payment process.
Payment rates vary by role: invigilators earn Ksh8,800 for sixteen days, though deductions leave roughly Ksh7,450 net; supervisors receive Ksh10,880; while centre managers earn Ksh550 daily, totalling about Ksh9,000 for eighteen days served.
The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) attributes remaining delays to technical bottlenecks.
These include mismatches between phone numbers and national IDs on the CP2 portal, identification discrepancies with TSC numbers, and unsigned or unstamped attendance registers submitted by examination centre managers.
Education PS Issues Way Forward On Pending 2025 KCSE Invigilators’ Payments
