"Mugomo wa waalimu" and the 'devil' within

"Goma" is a swahili word meaning downing the tools or not doing what one is supposed to do or as is tradition what they ought to do. In the recent weeks the Kenyan teachers have been in our headlines as they have refused to go to work unless their demands are met: a 50% pay rise. It has been a battle of wits and guts as the teacher’s union secretary general "Onion sauce" I mean Sossion has portrayed what any other leader would do, not budging to pressure until the teacher’s plight has been met. I remember when we were in school we had coined a name for this kind of sacrifice and it was "kukufia team" or "dying for the team" as it would be directly translated. This made the president of the republic adamant and he decided to show them how powerful he was and with this came the powerful phrase "we can’t and we won’t pay"

An Englishman once said that it takes two to "Tango" and currently with not a single spark to decency the battle between the Kenyan government and the teachers has been adulterated by the opposition who have vested interests to it.