KNUT urges govt to pay teachers their dues

By: OLIVE BURROWS 1 min read

Teachers have staged protests on several occasions previously to demand a pay increase. Photo/FILE.
Teachers have staged protests on several occasions previously to demand a pay increase. Photo/FILE.
NAIROBI, Kenya May 1 – The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is now urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to fulfill his promise of having teachers paid their dues.

KNUT Chairman Mudzo Nzili said teachers have waited for long their pay increase promise as contained in a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

“Teachers are among the Kenyan workers and their demands must be met,” he said.

Nzili was speaking this afternoon at Uhuru Park during celebrations to mark this year’s Labour Day celebrations.

“Teachers have waited for long and that is why we want this issue sorted,” Nzili added, while directing the message to the Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i who was among ministers present at the event.

The celebrations were also attended by Cabinet Secretaries, Jacob Kaimenyi of Lands, Eugene Wamalwa of Water as well as Labour’s Phylis Kandie who represented President Uhuru Kenyatta.

OLIVE BURROWS

OLIVE BURROWS

With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.