Teachers threaten strike over funds and CBA

KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori during the National Executive Council Meeting in Nairobi addresses the press in solidarity over the ongoing countrywide protest. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Learning in public schools could grind to a halt amid an escalating standoff between the government, the teachers' employer, and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) over delayed capitation funds and stalled salary negotiations.

Kuppet has issued a one-week ultimatum to the government to release the final tranche of capitation funds or face nationwide school closures.