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Go back to class, you may go back home in January

News that teachers strike has been suspended for 90 days by the Industrial Court, pending a discussion by arbitrary committee on the way forward explains why Kenyan teachers have been on the streets since President Kenyatta was a toddler.

There have been discussions, threats and false promises yet leaders have insisted on these crude tools in restoring sanity in education sector. This pattern has been regular- almost a normalised abnormality.

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