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Hope for teachers in salary dispute as Government side blunders

Knut lawyer Paul Muite (left) and Attorney General’s lawyer Stella Munyi at
the Industrial Court yesterday during the hearing of the teachers’ salary
case. [PHOTO: GEORGE NJUNGE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: A blunder by the Government in the Industrial Court may buttress the teachers' case for higher salaries.

The State shot itself in the foot through a filing by an arm of the Ministry of Labour that suggested that teachers are entitled to a 128 per cent salary rise, translating to Sh137 billion annually.

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