Kenyan Ministers Seek Teachers' Strike Resolution

The cabinet has agreed to meet in a bid to resolve the ongoing teachers' strike. Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo has said that he will push for the teachers' agenda during the meeting.

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The teachers strike has paralysed learning in public schools.

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