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It's self-defeating for State to mistreat, underpay teachers

Kenya has suffered perennial industrial action since the pre-colonial era. Teachers, nurses and doctors' strikes are just a few examples.
Kenya has suffered perennial industrial action since the pre-colonial era. Teachers, nurses and doctors' strikes are just a few examples.

After President Uhuru Kenyatta made the most unexpected statement on the current salary impasse, teachers are yet to believe that the Government failed to factor in its Budget the money to pay them.

The sixty-four-thousand-dollar question is, why has the Government downtrodden teachers of this country?

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