[PHOTOS] Teachers keep off schools as strike continues

Secondary school teachers have continued their strike, with some taking to the streets to air their grievances.

The strike entered day three on Wednesday, with teachers from Serani Secondary School in Mombasa staying away from classes.

Students who reported to school were left to have group discussions and self-guided studies.

In Machakos, teachers were seen on the streets, forcing police to come out and manage the demonstrations.

Kuppet members in the county, led by Secretary General Musembi Katuku and Chairman Bernard Warui, stormed Baptist Primary and Machakos Girls High schools and claimed that some teachers were at work while they were out in the streets fighting for their rights.

Katuku confirmed to the Star that 90 per cent of the schools across the entire county had no teachers.

He maintained that their strike was ongoing undeterred and warned teachers who go against their directives of dire consequences.

Katuku said they hadn’t received any court order as a branch but only read of the same in newspapers.

"We are on course with our strike until we get directives from our national office. We are already engaging our lawyers on the orders. We haven’t seen the order ourselves, we just saw them in newspapers," Katuku told the Star.

"No teachers are in class, we are monitoring, 90 per cent of schools in Machakos have no teachers. We want to tell the parents that the strike is on and no child should be allowed to go to school. For the principals, there are no board meetings whatsoever."