Kenya: Court Ruling On Teacher Pay Will Alleviate 'Hardship'

Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday said that the government must give teachers a pay rise of at least 50 per cent, upholding an earlier court ruling. The decision is seen as a victory for Kenyan teachers in a long-running dispute over teachers' salaries which had dragged on for almost two decades.

"We really appreciate the authority of the court and its independence in upholding the decision of the lower courts," said Akelo Misori, secretary general of Kenya's Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET).

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