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Echoes of War: Ogamba faces teachers backlash over playwright ban

St. Joseph Mateta from the Eastern region delivers a choral verse titled Benideta during the 63rd Kenya National Drama and Film Festival at Lions School, Nakuru, on April 4, 2025.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Education Secretary Ogamba Migos Friday came face to face with the fury of teachers who told him to reconsider the government's decision to ban schools from dramatising content by playwrights who are non-teachers.

Kenya National Union of Teachers(KNUT) National Treasurer Kennedy Nyamwanda and the Kisii Branch Chairman of Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Chairman Joseph Abincha put Ogamba on the spot over the events that happened Thursday during the ongoing National Drama Festivals where Butere Girls actresses were barred from staging their play "Echoes of War".

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