President William Ruto has directed the Treasury and the TSC to dialogue with teachers unions in order to avert the planned strike over full implementation of 2021-2025 CBA among other issues.
Ruto said it was important to avert disruption of the school calendar and directed the Treasury to engage with TSC and teachers' unions Knut and KuppetT to avoid unnecessary industrial action.
“That engagement is going to happen and I ask all the stakeholders to work together for the interests of our children respecting what is due to the teachers," Ruto said.
He said stakeholders must sit together to look at the possibilities of implementing government commitments to avoid strikes in institutions.
The unions have given the Teachers Service Commission a notice to address six concerns failing which their members will go on strike from August 26
The unions have demanded full implementation of the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) or they order industrial action.
They have also listed other demands
Ruto spoke at the Eldoret State Lodge where he hosted the Kenya Music Festival gala which comes at the end of the 14-day festivals that have been taking place at Moi Girls High Schools.
He said the new university funding model was working well and students who had received faulty admission letters which were not clear had been sorted with new letters indicating what the parents would pay.
“Between 60 and 90 per cent of the cost would be taken care of by the government while parents would pay according to their categories”, said Ruto.
He said the issuance of the new letters would be concluded in two days.
Ruto said education was an equaliser in life hence the commitment by the government to ensure all children access education at all levels
Present also were Deputy President Rigathi Gachagu and Education CS Julius Migos.
