Forget it! I won’t implement order to raise teachers' pay, President Uhuru Kenyatta says

Teachers from Homa Bay County demonstrate along the streets of Oyugis town yesterday to demand that the government honours a court order and increase their pay. They asked Teachers Service Commission to stop threatening head teachers and instead resolve the pay standoff. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/ STANDARD]

"That was a court error. I can't pay, I won't pay." This was President Uhuru Kenyatta's candid message to the striking teachers when he addressed journalists yesterday at State House, Nairobi.

The Head of State said the courts erred in awarding teachers the huge salary raise that would make the public sector wage bill unmanageable.