Just as the country is reeling from the revelation that free education might no longer be offered, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has warned of a nationwide teachers' strike.
KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu, on Friday, July 25, warned of an imminent strike if the government fails to honour the recently signed Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), KNUT, the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET), which promised increased salaries for teachers.
Under the new deal worth Ksh33 billion, teachers in the highest job group (D5) are set to earn up to Ksh167,415, marking a five per cent salary increase.
The new salaries were the result of day-long crunch talks between TSC and the two teachers' unions at the Kenya Institute of Special Education in Kasarani on Friday, July 18.
