Daily Nation: Teachers’ 13-year patience runs out
6,000 tutors threaten to strike over promotions
More than 6,000 teachers have threatened to go on strike over a 13-year wait for promotion.
The A level teachers with P1 qualifications accused the government of giving preferential treatment to their untrained colleagues who, they said, earned twice their salaries and allowances.
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World University News: KENYA: Violent protests close Kenyatta indefinitely
Kenyatta University in Kenya was closed indefinitely last Monday after students went on the rampage, destroying property worth millions of shillings hardly three days after its re-opening. One student died and several were injured after riot police were called in.
World University News: KENYA: Riot after murder of former student leaders
Kenyan students rioted last week, demanding the resignation of the country’s police commissioner following the murder of two former student leaders in a suspected assassination by security agents. Outgoing chairman of Kenyatta University Students’ Association Martin KO Luther told University World News that the former students, who were shot dead in their car, had been involved in human rights work.
BBC: Kenyan teachers call off strike
The strike affected millions of Kenyan primary school children
Teachers in Kenya have ended a 10-day strike after the government offered to double their salaries over the next three years.
The strike by more than 200,000 primary school teachers led to the closure of most primary schools in the country.
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