Government must obey court orders as well

“It is not news. They should have obeyed court orders and gone back last week,” said Teachers Service Commission (TSC) chairperson Lydia Nzomo in response to questions from journalists who sought to know if teachers, having suspended their strike,  would be paid their September salaries. She said she would give a concrete answer after consulting her colleagues.

Mrs Nzomo’s attitude plays into the hands of those who have been criticising TSC and by extension the Government for showing disdain for the rule of law, preferring that the other side of the dispute should obey the courts while they remain aloof, not bound by the same courts’ verdict.