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Striking teachers defy court order, series of meetings to end stalemate

Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers Machakos branch led by Executive Secretary Musembi Katuku protests in Machakos Town on Tuesday, June 27, 2024. [John Muia, Standard]

A flurry of meetings and a court order marked the government's last-ditch efforts to end the teachers' strike.

The Standard has established that the teachers' employer will issue show-cause letters to those who disobey a court order. Justice James Rika granted a temporary injunction, restraining the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) and its members from withdrawing their labour.

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