Teachers sleep inside school to demand 3-month salary arrears

Marereni secondary school BoM teachers at the school compound where they have spent the night demanding their three months' pay. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

All 17 teachers employed by the Board of Management (BoM) of Marereni Secondary School in Kilifi County are sleeping at the school to protest delays in the payment of their salary.

One of the teachers, Mwasambu Pole, said they have slept at the school since Friday to demand their three-month salary arrears. He said non-teaching staff were also affected by the delays.