Teachers unions: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s statement on pay interfering with case

From left: Lawyers Pheroze Nowrojee for SRC, Fred Ngatia representing TSC and Attorney General Githu Muigai at the Supreme Court during the hearing of the teachers' case, Tuesday. [PHOTO: GEORGE NJUNGE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: President Uhuru Kenyatta's address to the nation articulating why the Government cannot grant teachers a pay rise was the subject of heated debate at the ongoing case in the Court of Appeal.

For close to three hours Tuesday, lawyers representing the Kenya National Union of Teachers, Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers and the State argued on whether the President's statement was intended to influence the court in any way.