Knut Secretary-General Wilson Sossion at a past event. He
announced on October 3, 2015 that teachers have called off
their strike and will resume work on October 5, 2015. FILE
PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Teachers have suspended their strike and are
expected to return to work on Monday.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers and Kenya
Union of Post Primary Teachers (Kuppet) made the
announcement on Saturday.
The unions held separate meetings with their
decision organs before asking members to resume
work Monday.
They asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC)
to pay members their September salaries.
Knut Secretary-General Wilson Sossion said the
union will not withdraw from a case in which TSC
has appealed against the decision to award
teachers the 50-60 per cent pay rise.
“Teachers will resume strike after 90 days if TSC
will not honour the orders,” he said.
He also called for the rescheduling of the national
examinations timetable to enable teachers prepare
candidates.
Kuppet Secretary-General Akelo Misori asked the
Ministry of Education to revise term dates to allow
teachers to help candidates revise for national
exams.
On Thursday, the court ordered the unions to call
off their month-long strike immediately.
Labour Court Judge Nelson Abuodha said he had
ordered the unions to suspend the strike for 90
days and start negotiations with the government
on the pay dispute.
The judge had directed Knut and Kuppet to form a
committee with the Labour Cabinet secretary to
discuss how best to implement the June 30 salary
award of between 50 and 60 per cent.
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