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

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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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