Reality of teachers’ strike dawns

Kitui Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) branch officials at the union’s offices in Kitui town yesterday. They told teachers to paralyse opening of schools on Thursday. [Paul Mutua, Standard]

Uncertainty on the opening of public schools loomed large last evening as the parties involved in an industrial dispute were locked in a stalemate.

Despite spending the better part of yesterday in a series of meetings in a bid to avert the strike called by Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), there was no sound resolution arrived at as both parties maintained hardline positions.