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Kenya: 100 Per Cent Embu Teachers Boycott Class, Says KNUT Official
The Star, 3 September 2015
There were no classes in Embu primary and secondary schools yesterday as teachers continued with the strike over pay demands. Read more »
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Kenya: KNUT Announces Teachers Strike, Claims Outsiders Running TSC
The Star, 2 September 2015
Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion has officially declared that the teachers' strike is on, saying they will not relent until their rights are fulfilled. Read more »
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Kenya: KNUT Vows No Money, No Teaching On Day 3 of Strike
Capital FM, 2 September 2015
Students in public schools will wait longer for learning to resume after the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) vowed to continue with the nationwide strike. Read more »
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Kenya: TSC Returns to Court on Salaries
The Star, 2 September 2015
The crippling teachers' strike entered its second day Tuesday as the TSC returned to the Supreme Court, which gave the teachers the contentious 50-60 per cent salary windfall. Read more »
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Kenya: Top Court Declines to Block Teachers Pay, Case Due Next Week
Capital FM, 2 September 2015
The Supreme Court has declined to give a stay order to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to stop the payment of a salary increment awarded to teachers, pending the hearing of… Read more »
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Kenya: Catholic Church Asks Teachers to Return to Work, Calls for Patience Over Pay Hike
The Star, 2 September 2015
The Catholic church has called for immediate dialogue and patience by teachers, saying their pay hike must follow due process. Read more »
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Kenya: TSC Orders Roll Call for Teachers in Siaya
The Star, 2 September 2015
The Teachers Service Commission in Siaya county is registering the teachers on duty during the ongoing strike. Read more »
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Kenya: Kisii Schools Closed Over Teachers' Strike
The Star, 2 September 2015
A number of secondary schools in Kisii county were deserted yesterday as teachers boycotted classes to demand a court ordered pay rise. Read more »
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Kenya: No Learning As Teachers in Mombasa Keep Off Schools Over Pay Dispute
Nation, 1 September 2015
Learning failed to kick off in public schools in Mombasa Tuesday after teachers kept off classrooms following the government's failure to increase their salary as ordered by… Read more »
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Kenya: Brace for Hard Times Ahead If Teachers' Pay Rise Is Effected, Warns Ps
Nation, 1 September 2015
The government is unable to implement the new salary rates for teachers to avoid subjecting the public to higher interest rates on loans and slowing down economic growth, it has… Read more »
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Kenya: TSC, Teachers Headed for Another Clash At Top Court
Nation, 1 September 2015
Teachers have opposed an application by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) asking the Supreme Court to review its recent ruling on their pay rise case. Read more »
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Kenya: Cotu Threatens National Workers' Strike If State Fails to Pay Teachers New Salaries
Nation, 1 September 2015
Teachers' fight for a pay rise got massive support yesterday from ODM and trade unions even as learning in public schools remained paralysed for the second day. Read more »
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Kenya: TSC Moves to Supreme Court Over Teachers' Salary Dispute
The Star, 1 September 2015
The TSC has returned to the Supreme Court over the fulfillment of the 50-60 per cent pay hike, amid paralysed learning at several schools. Read more »
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Kenya: Tuc-Kenya Backs Teachers Job Boycott
Nation, 1 September 2015
An umbrella workers' union has backed teachers' job boycott that entered Day Two on Tuesday. Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Strike Enters Day 2 As Treasury Adamant
Capital FM, 1 September 2015
Teachers are set to boycott classes for the second day running on Tuesday over failure by the government to pay them the 50 to 60 percent pay rise awarded to them by the Employment… Read more »
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Kenya: Union Tells Teachers Not to Go to Work Until Paid As Strike Paralyses Learning
The Star, 1 September 2015
A union has asked teachers to skip work and camp at their banks until they receive the higher salaries ordered by the Supreme Court. Read more »
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Kenya: CS Kaimenyi Insists On Dialogue to End Teachers Pay Impasse
Capital FM, 1 September 2015
Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has emphasised the need for dialogue to end the teachers' salary impasse which has disrupted resumption of learning in schools for the… Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers' Unions Speak Out Today
The Star, 1 September 2015
Fears of a teachers' strike led to a low turnout as most learners stayed home on the first day of third term yesterday. Read more »
Pay Row Between Kenyan Teachers and Govt Continues
The government's refusal to implement the 50-60 percent salary hike as ordered by the courts is making teachers boycott work.
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Kenya: The Aga Khan Deserves a Medal - and the Gratitude of All Kenyans
The Star, 31 August 2015
There is something about Kenya that many of our people don't seem to fully appreciate. Read more »
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Kenya: Learning in Nyeri Starts As Schools Open Despite Teachers' Strike Threat
Nation, 31 August 2015
Learning in public primary schools in Nyeri County resumed as usual Monday as schools opened for the third term amidst fears of a looming teachers' strike. Read more »
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Kenya: KNUT Issues Midnight Strike Ultimatum Over New Salaries
The Star, 31 August 2015
KNUT boss Wilson Sossion yesterday piled more pressure on the government and declared teachers will go on strike from midnight if they do not get their cash today. Read more »
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Kenya: Learning Hit As Teachers Keep Off Class
Nation, 31 August 2015
Teachers in most public schools reported to work on Monday but kept off classrooms, as their pay dispute with the government boiled into a work boycott. Read more »
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Kenya: Dialogue Still Possible Over Teachers' Salaries
Nation, 31 August 2015
Schools reopened on Monday for the third and final term of the year, but anxiety looms as to whether learning will go on given the strike threat by the teachers' unions over delays… Read more »
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Kenya: Unions to Initiate Contempt of Court Suit Against TSC
Nation, 31 August 2015
Teachers plan to initiate contempt of court proceedings against their employer this week for failing to comply with a court order on the 50-60 per cent pay increase. Read more »
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Kenya: Treasury to Teachers - We Have No Money to Effect Court Ruling
Nation, 31 August 2015
"Expect no extra cent in your account." Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Boycott Work As Public Schools Re-Open
Capital FM, 31 August 2015
Teachers in various parts of the country boycotted classes Monday following orders from their unions to go on strike over non-payment of the 50 to 60 percent pay rise awarded to… Read more »
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Kenya: Rotich Rules Out Pay Rise for Teachers As KNUT Bosses Call Talks to Plan Strike
Nation, 31 August 2015
A strike by teachers appeared imminent after Monday's deadline set by unions passed without the government releasing their higher pay as ordered by courts. Read more »
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Kenya: Pay Teachers in Show of Respect, Sonko Tells State
The Star, 31 August 2015
Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has asked the government to respect teachers and pay their higher salaries. Read more »
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Kenya: KNUT - No More Talks With State On Teachers' Pay Increase
Nation, 31 August 2015
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has ruled out any further talks with the government on raising teachers' salaries. Instead, Secretary-General Wilson Sossion says the… Read more »
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Kenya: Schools Re-Open Amid Strike Fears
Nation, 30 August 2015
Teachers and their employer are headed for a showdown over salary increase as schools re-open on Monday for the crucial third term. Read more »
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Kenya: Unions to Bag Sh3 Billion From Enhanced Teachers' Salaries
Nation, 30 August 2015
The teachers unions are set to get close to Sh3 billion as membership fee from about 240,000 teachers once the government effects the 50 to 60 per cent salary raise awarded by the… Read more »
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Kenya: Unions Insist Teachers Will Stay Away From Schools On Monday
Nation, 29 August 2015
Learning in public schools is, for the second time this year, set to be paralysed on Monday after teachers said they would not report to work over a protracted pay dispute with the… Read more »
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Kenya: William Ruto Calls for Patience Over Teachers' Pay
Nation, 28 August 2015
Deputy President William Ruto on Friday appealed to the teachers to be patient as a way is sought to raise Sh17 billion needed to finance the pay rise. Read more »
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Kenya: Sossion Tells State to Hasten Up Payout
The Star, 28 August 2015
The government needs to seal Sh137 billion tax evasion loopholes and not tax Kenyans more to pay teachers, Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion said yesterday. Read more »
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Kenya: The Government Should Obey the Courts and Pay Teachers
The Star, 27 August 2015
The Supreme Court ruling allowing the teachers' 50-60 per cent salary increment should put to rest the Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Tell SRC to Respect Superiority of the Courts
Capital FM, 26 August 2015
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) on Wednesday again took issue with what it described as the "meddling" by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission in its remuneration… Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Warn of Strike Over Salary Row As Schools Set to Re-Open
Nation, 26 August 2015
Teachers have given their employer five days to increase their basic pay by 50-60 per cent ordered by the Supreme Court. Read more »
InFocus
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The court's ruling was greeted with jubilation by teachers who had been asking for a 50 to 60 percent salary increase. Read more »
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Teachers have maintained they will proceed if the Teachers Service Commission does not give them a salary increase as ordered by the Labour Court. Read more »
