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Resolve teachers’ health cover row

Rival teachers’ unions have clashed over an improved medical cover for their more than 280,000 members worth Sh5.9 billion. If implemented, the lowest earning teacher will qualify for an inpatient cover of Sh300,000 and Sh1 million for the highest earning.

But the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has opposed the deal, saying teachers should not be deducted more money from their payslips to fund the medical scheme.

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