Kenya teachers first went on strike when President Uhuru Kenyatta was toddler

•October 1962 – A teacher’s strike was declared illegal by the Government and this led to the arrest of some Knut officials who were later released.

•November 1966 - Led to the formation of the Teachers Service Commission through a bill tabled by the then Education Minister Jeremiah Nyagah.

•November 1969 - The Government accepted teachers’ demands after a go-slow.

•October 1997 - Teachers demanded a 300 per cent pay increment, they were promised a 150 to 200 per cent pay rise. The teachers, led by the late Ambrose Adongo, threatened to paralyse end-year national examinations.

•October 1998 - Teachers protested the Government’s refusal to implement pay raises awarded by a presidential committee in 1997.

•October 2002 - Teachers held marches and demonstrations all over the country, and an effigy of the then Education Minister Henry Kosgey was burned in Siaya town. Knut was unhappy and there was talk that the Government sponsored the registration of a rival union, Kuppet in 1998 to weaken Knut.

•January 2009 - Teachers demanded Sh19 billion and after negotiations, the Government agreed to pay Sh17.3 billion in phases.

•September 2011- Teachers said they were understaffed owing to the increased influx of students due to the Free Primary Education System introduced by then President Mwai Kibaki in the Grand Coalition government.

•July 2013 - Teachers demanded a 300 per cent salary increase and responsibility allowance.

•August 2014 - Knut issued a strike notice over the Government’s failure to honour a return-to-work formula they signed in 2013.

•January 2015 - Knut and Kuppet went on strike over salary increments, commuter, hardship and responsibility allowances among others.