Kenyan Government must obey the law and pay teachers

The standoff between teachers and the Government over a pay rise awarded by our courts has triggered debate on whether we are a society governed by rule of law in its truest sense or just a Hobbesian jungle where everything goes.

In principle and theory, Kenya is a state governed by the rule of law. The de facto position is, however, that of a state where might is right and the inconvenience of obeying the law is regularly forfeited by the government.