Striking Kenyan Teachers Face Ultimatum

The Teachers Service Commission has threatened to sack over 10,000 striking teachers after signing a Sh16 billion deal with one of the unions.

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Kenyan teachers defy court order as the strike continues.

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    Capital FM, 12 July 2013

    The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has told teachers to ignore the deal sealed between the government and rival Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET). read more »

  • Kenya:  TSC to Start Firing Striking Teachers

    Capital FM, 11 July 2013

    The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is now threatening to sack all striking tutors who have remained out of class for the past three weeks. read more »

  • Kenya:  Kenyan Teachers Service Commission Seeks Arrest of Union Leaders

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  • Kenya:  KNUT Rejects Sh16.4 Billion Pay Deal

    The Star, 11 July 2013

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  • Kenya:  MPs Accuse Raila of Abetting KNUT Strike

    The Star, 11 July 2013

    MPs and senators from Rift Valley have accused former Prime Minister Raila Odinga of capitalising on the on-going teachers strike to campaign for the rejection of the VAT Bill. read more »

  • Kenya:  KNUT Silent On Fresh Contempt of Court Suit

    The Star, 11 July 2013

    Kenya National Union of Teachers remained quiet yesterday even as the Teachers Service Commission reinstated a contempt of court against its top officials. Knut chairman Wilson ... read more »

  • Kenya:  KUPPET Signs Deal With Government

    The Star, 11 July 2013

    The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has formally signed a Sh16.4 billion pay deal with the government. The deal that was signed at the TSC headquarters ... read more »

  • Kenya:  200 Dump Kuppet in Gatundu

    The Star, 11 July 2013

    Two hundred Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers in Gatundu decamped to Knut yesterday. The teachers were received at the Gatundu Knut branch offices by the union ... read more »

  • Kenya:  Kisumu Teachers Quit Kuppet

    The Star, 11 July 2013

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  • hkagota2006
    Jul 16 2013, 16:48
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    WE ARE FACING MANY CHALLENGES IN T.S.C. I SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE TO A BOLISH TSC AND DECENTRALISE THE SERVICES TO REGIONS OR DISTRICTS . THIS WAY WE SHALL SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF TEACHERS. IF WE HAVE A NEW CONSTITUTION WHY NOT HELP THE COUNTRY FROM POWER HUNGRY MEN IN THE NUT.

  • Ogopa
    Jul 14 2013, 02:05
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    • Nairobi, Kenya – Police in Nairobi have arrested and placed in custody a man who allegedly had sex with a pregnant sheep. The high-pitched bleat of the sheep in the night attracted the attention of a resident farmer who caught the John Wanjau Kirima, having sexual intercourse with the sheep tied to a tree. The Police sent the animal to the Veterinary Services Department to ascertain the truth of the matter. The farmer was returning from his farm when he caught the man half naked and in the act with the sheep. John is a butcher in Ruai and a former politicians son.