CS Henry Rotich is right, there is no point in talking all the time

NAIROBI: I'm in total agreement with Treasury boss Henry Rotich that the Government cannot afford the time to engage in small talk with teachers every year; what the teachers need is money.

And I'm also in agreement with teachers' unions – it's hard to understand why they need several outfits to represent them when they have similar grievances, but I guess that's what multi-party democracy portends – that they cannot teach on empty stomachs.