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Kenya: KNUT Says Teachers' Strike Is Legal and Protected, Accuses TSC of Intimidation
The Star, 8 October 2015
The teacher's strike is legal and protected and will end only when their basic salaries are increased, Knut chairman Wilson Sossion has said. Read more »
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Kenya: Drop Laptop Project and Pay Us - Tutors
The Star, 6 October 2015
Teachers yesterday told the government to halt the Sh17 billion laptop project and pay them instead. Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Back to Class Amid Uncertainty of September Pay
Nation, 5 October 2015
Teachers resume work as a disgruntled lot, uncertain of their September salaries after a five-week strike, with their employer indicating no intention to pay them. Read more »
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Kenya: TSC Discuss Tutors' September Salaries
The Star, 5 October 2015
TEACHERS return to class today expecting their September salaries, despite a month-long strike over a pay rise. Read more »
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Kenya: Poor Education, Insecurity Pulls Down Kenya Governance Ranking
Nation, 5 October 2015
Kenya's worsening quality of education and national security challenges are pulling back its bid to improve the quality of life for the citizens, a new governance report shows. Read more »
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Kenya: Lawyer - CBA Cure to Teacher Strikes
Nation, 5 October 2015
A Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between teacher unions and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) would be the cure to recurrent strikes over pay disputes, a court heard… Read more »
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Kenya: Take Teaching As a Calling, Not Conduit for Personal Gain - Ex-Teacher
Nation, 5 October 2015
Being a teacher should be a calling and not a platform for personal gains, a former long serving teacher has said. Read more »
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Kenya: Continue Pay Dialogue
Nation, 5 October 2015
Although teachers returned to work yesterday, ending five weeks of a strike that had paralysed learning in public schools, it is important that their employer continue to engage… Read more »
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Kenya: Why Uhuru Won't Offer a Solution to Teachers Strike
Nation, 4 October 2015
It is understandable that many Kenyans should feel so frustrated at how President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration has mishandled the ongoing labour dispute with teachers. Read more »
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Kenya: KNUT Calls Off 5-Week Teachers Strike for 90 Days, Urges Courts to Remain Impartial
The Star, 3 October 2015
Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion has called off the five-week long strike and instructed teachers to resume work on Monday. Read more »
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Kenya: KNUT, Kuppet Call Off Teachers' Strike
Nation, 3 October 2015
Teachers have suspended their strike and are expected to return to work on Monday. Read more »
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Kenya: Don't Give TSC Audience Until It Pays Us, Teachers Tell the Court of Appeal
The Star, 2 October 2015
Teachers yesterday said the Court of Appeal should not give their employer audience until the 50-60 per cent salary increase is implemented. Read more »
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Kenya: TSC Hires Meant to 'Starve Teachers Into Surrender' - Cord
The Star, 2 October 2015
The TSC's decision to hire 70,000 teachers amid a strike over pay has been termed "an approach steeped in blackmail and intimidation". Read more »
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Kenya: Court Stops TSC From Hiring 70,000 Teachers
Nation, 2 October 2015
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has stopped the hiring of 70,000 teachers. Read more »
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Kenya: Teachers Ordered Back to Class, Warned Against Defying Court Rulings
The Star, 1 October 2015
A court has directed teachers to resume duty for the second time, after unions asked it to suspend initial orders issued on September 25. Read more »