Leaders, clergy fault Uhuru remarks on teachers’ pay hike ruling

Teachers from Homa Bay County demonstrate along the streets of Oyugis town over salary increment on September 11 2015. They challenged Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to stop threatening their head teachers and deal with the current stand off over teachers pay. (PHOTO:  COLLINS ODUOR)

The stalemate over teachers’ Sh17 billion salary award deepened yesterday with unions digging in and the Government maintaining it has no money to effect the pay hike.

Union officials said the “no pay” statement by President Uhuru Kenyatta had angered teachers and vowed to stay away from classes.