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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 »
Drop Laptop Project and Pay Us - Kenyan Teachers
Teachers are saying the Sh17 Billion allocated for the laptop project should pay the 50 to 60 percent increase awarded by the Employment and Labour Relations Court on June 30.
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A payroll has been released showing that only 42,973 teachers will be paid. Read more »
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This is as the Kenya Bankers Association said teachers will be expected to service their loans. Read more »
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Kenyans are being urged to deposit what they can afford into the account to raise the Sh17 billion needed to grant teachers their 50 to 60% increase. Read more »
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The education ministry says only Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination candidates should remain in school. Read more »
