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Tallam & 72 others v Teachers Service Commission (Cause 25 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 1164 (KLR)

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Tallam & 72 others v Teachers Service Commission (Cause 25 of 2022) [2025] KEELRC 1164 (KLR) (25 April 2025) (Ruling) Neutral citation: [2025] KEELRC 1164 (KLR) REPUBLIC OF KENYA IN THE EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS COURT AT NAKURU CAUSE 25 OF 2022 J RIKA, J APRIL 25, 2025 BETWEEN JOHN C TALLAM ............................................................................... 1ST CLAIMANT JANE CHEMELI .................................................................................. 2ND CLAIMANT JULIUS K ROTICH ............................................................................ 3RD CLAIMANT SOPHIA NYAAYO .............................................................................. 4TH CLAIMANT CAROLINE CHEPKOECH ................................................................ 5TH CLAIMANT CAROLINE CHEMUTAI ................................................................... 6TH CLAIMANT ABRAHAM KARANJA ..................................................................... 7TH CLAIMANT RICHARD K LANGAT ..................................................................... 8TH CLAIMANT JEREMIAH MWANGI MAINA ......................................................... 9TH CLAIMANT SAMMY M NGUGI .......................................................................... 10TH CLAIMANT MISHRAM K GIKONYO ................................................................ 11TH CLAIMANT JANE KEMUNTO OBUYA .............................................................. 12TH CLAIMANT JUDY W MWANIKI ......................................................................... 13TH CLAIMANT REGINA N MWANGI ...................................................................... 14TH CLAIMANT JOSEPH K KURIA ........................................................................... 15TH CLAIMANT TORORE J MOMANYI ................................................................... 16TH CLAIMANT PATRICK W WANJOHI .................................................................. 17TH CLAIMANT LYDIA W GICHIMU ........................................................................ 18TH CLAIMANT JENIFFER W KAMAU ..................................................................... 19TH CLAIMANT https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2025/1164/eng@2025-04-25 1

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ELIZABETH MAGANJO ................................................................. 20TH CLAIMANT RUTH W THAIRU ........................................................................... 21ST CLAIMANT RUTH N THUO ............................................................................... 22ND CLAIMANT AGNES WANGARI ........................................................................... 23RD CLAIMANT ANNE M KANYI .............................................................................. 24TH CLAIMANT VIRGINIA W KAMAU .................................................................... 25TH CLAIMANT DAVID MUTAI .................................................................................. 26TH CLAIMANT BERNARD CHEBBE ........................................................................ 27TH CLAIMANT MARY NYAGA .................................................................................. 28TH CLAIMANT ESTHER TINEGA ............................................................................ 29TH CLAIMANT MIRRIAM WANJUGU .................................................................... 30TH CLAIMANT PERIS NYAKOYIA ............................................................................ 31ST CLAIMANT EVERLYNE MATHENGE ................................................................ 32ND CLAIMANT HERINE ATIENO ............................................................................. 33RD CLAIMANT EMILY WARINGA ............................................................................ 34TH CLAIMANT CAROLINE ODEYO ......................................................................... 35TH CLAIMANT IRENE DIKIRR ................................................................................ 36TH CLAIMANT PAULINE KIBINGE .......................................................................... 37TH CLAIMANT JUDITH OGAM ................................................................................ 38TH CLAIMANT JOSEPH KARANJA .......................................................................... 39TH CLAIMANT ELIZABETH CHERUTICH ............................................................. 40TH CLAIMANT JOYCE NJAAGA ................................................................................ 41ST CLAIMANT NELSON KEMONI ........................................................................... 42ND CLAIMANT HELLEN OYUNGE ........................................................................... 43RD CLAIMANT PATRICIA SAGWE ........................................................................... 44TH CLAIMANT DAVID TOO ...................................................................................... 45TH CLAIMANT FRIDAH K MEMBA ......................................................................... 46TH CLAIMANT ROSE MUTHONI NJOGU .............................................................. 47TH CLAIMANT SAMUEL A KASABULI ................................................................... 48TH CLAIMANT RUTH W NJOROGE ....................................................................... 49TH CLAIMANT JOSHUA NJOROGE MBURU ......................................................... 50TH CLAIMANT EVERLYNE NYABOKE OYIOKA ................................................... 51ST CLAIMANT https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2025/1164/eng@2025-04-25 2

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MILLICENT MUGO ........................................................................ 52ND CLAIMANT JOSEPH KARANJA .......................................................................... 53RD CLAIMANT ESTHER N TINEGA ........................................................................ 54TH CLAIMANT CAROLINE AKOTH MHANDO .................................................... 55TH CLAIMANT BEATRICE WAKWE ........................................................................ 56TH CLAIMANT RACHEL LEWENEI ......................................................................... 57TH CLAIMANT WILKISTER OMBAGI ..................................................................... 58TH CLAIMANT TERESIA NJAU ................................................................................ 59TH CLAIMANT RISPER NYAMEMBA ...................................................................... 60TH CLAIMANT JOSIAH KIRUBI NJOROGE ............................................................ 61ST CLAIMANT CHRISTINE W WACHANIA ......................................................... 62ND CLAIMANT NANCY N MAINA .......................................................................... 63RD CLAIMANT JOYCE W WACHIRA ....................................................................... 64TH CLAIMANT CONSOLATA N NGIGI ................................................................... 65TH CLAIMANT ESTHER M WACHIRA ................................................................... 66TH CLAIMANT LUCY D LEMAYIAN ........................................................................ 67TH CLAIMANT JANE M NYABERA .......................................................................... 68TH CLAIMANT BEATRICE N KING’ORI ................................................................ 69TH CLAIMANT CATHERINE M KIMANI ............................................................... 70TH CLAIMANT ZIPPORAH K NTENGERI .............................................................. 71ST CLAIMANT ALICE NGIGE ................................................................................... 72ND CLAIMANT MUCHOKI M BERNARD .............................................................. 73RD CLAIMANT AND TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION .............................................. RESPONDENT RULING 1. The Claimants are Teachers, Employees of the Respondent, working on permanent and pensionable terms, within the County of Nakuru. 2. They filed a Statement of Claim, dated 29th June 2022. 3. Their grievance is that the Respondent, underpaid their house allowance, from July 2019 to October 2019. They pray the Court for: a. Declaration that underpayment is unlawful, null and void. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2025/1164/eng@2025-04-25 3

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b. Payment of Kshs. 20,496,000 in arrears of house allowance. c. Declaration that the outcome of this Claim, shall apply to all afiected Teachers. d. Costs. e. Interest f. Any other suitable relief. 4. The Claimants subsequently filed an application dated 16th May 2024, seeking leave to amend their Statement of Claim, to include 118 other Teachers. 5. The application is founded on the afidavit of the lead Claimant, John C. Tallam, sworn on 16th May 2024. He explains that the Teachers intended to be included, have the same grievances as the current Claimants. 6. The Respondent opposes the application, relying on the afidavit of its Director, Human Resource Management, Kenneth Marangu, sworn on 11th November 2024. 7. Kenneth states that the application is res judicata. The issues were adjudicated between the Parties, in a previous application, dated 12th July 2023. The Court ruled that the issue in dispute should be resolved administratively. The Court reiterated that computation of house allowance is a continuous administrative process, which cannot be micromanaged through the Court. 8. The Claim has been mentioned before the Court severally, to confirm that the Claimants [original], have correctly been mapped into the system, and are earning their correct house allowance. The application is in abuse of the doctrine of finality, the Court having ruled on the issue. The Respondent prays the Court to dismiss the application. The Court Finds: 9. There is nothing on record, to suggest that the doctrines of finality and res judicata, invoked by the Respondent, are applicable to the application dated 16th May 2024. 10. The Claim has not been heard, and the substantive dispute is still pending before the Court. 11. The Respondent has not exhibited a Judgment or Ruling of the Court, which addressed the prayers in the Statement of Claim, referenced at paragraph 3 of this Ruling. 12. Rule 23 of the E&LRC [Procedure] Rules, 2024, allows Parties with a similar cause of action to institute a collective Claim. Rule 34 allows for amendment of pleadings. After the close of pleadings, a Party shall only amend its pleadings with the leave of the Court. 13. Although the Claimants have invoked Order 1 Rule 1 and 9, and Order 8 Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules, which are not applicable to the E&LRC, the orders sought are permissible, under the E&LRC [Procedure] 2024, Rules 23 and 34. It is ordered: a. The Claimants are granted leave to amend their Statement of Claim within 14 days, bringing in additional Claimants. b. The Respondent shall have 14 days from the date of service, to file and serve amended Statement of Response. https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2025/1164/eng@2025-04-25 4

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c. Parties to thereafter, schedule the full Claim for hearing. d. Costs in the cause. DATED, SIGNED AND RELEASED TO THE PARTIES ELECTRONICALLY AT NAKURU, THIS 25TH DAY OF APRIL 2025. James Rika Judge https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2025/1164/eng@2025-04-25 5

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