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Luck or gamble? JSS teacher walks away with Sh10 million as colleagues go on strike

Teachers and Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) officials led by Nakuru branch Executive Secretary Duncan Macharia after addressing the press in Nakuru during their Nationwide strike on August 26, 2024. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

As more than 46,000 Junior Secondary School tutors are engaging in a nationwide strike over their fate in teaching service, one of them was celebrating a Sh10 million jackpot.

The 35-year-old Derrick Mukeku Kasyoka from Ivumbuni village of Mutituni location in Machakos is the latest millionaire in town after hitting a Sh10 million jackpot in a Sport Pesa bet.

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