Defiant teachers’ unions insist strike still on despite court order

From left: Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Wilson Sossion, KNUT National Chairman Mudzo Nzili and Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Secretary General Akello Misori and KUPPET National Chairman Omboko Milemba at commercial court on September 25, 2015 after the Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Nelson Abuodha directed the teachers' unions to suspend the strike for 90 days on 25/9/2015. (PHOTO: GEORGE NJUNGE/SRANDARD)

The standoff between teachers and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) continued even as the Employment and Labour Relations court suspended the strike for 90 days, effectively ordering that all the schools be reopened.

But in quick response to the ruling, teachers’ unions maintained their hardline position that the strike is still on.