Thousands of teachers who marked the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) examinations have begun receiving their long-awaited payments after the government released funds to clear the outstanding balances.

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In a statement on Thursday, July 9, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) had disbursed the balance of the marking allowances to examiners' respective bank accounts.

The payments follow the release of Ksh1.5 billion by the National Treasury on July 7, which was earmarked to settle the outstanding arrears owed to teachers and other professionals contracted during the 2025 national examinations.

"We are pleased to inform all examiners who participated in the marking of the 2025 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination that the balance of their marking allowances has been disbursed to their respective accounts by the Kenya National Examinations Council," Ogamba said in a statement obtained by Kenyans.co.ke .

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke