On Friday the Industrial Court ruled that the strike called by the teachers was unprotected.
Justice Maureen Onyango extended orders restraining teachers unions and their embers from taking part in, calling, instigating or inciting others to take part in an unprotected strike until the final determination of the dispute.
She ordered that teachers report back to work immediately and that no protection would be extended to any employee who continued to take part in the unprotected strike after last Friday.
“We have not been served so far with any orders and even if we were to be served, we will not call off the strike,” Sossion remained adamant.
“Teachers will continue striking and they will continue demonstrating. These are the rights granted to us by our Constitution and we shall exercise those provisions to the fullest without any fear,” he maintained. “We are telling the government, it is its business now to ensure that the stalemate is unlocked and it should stop engaging in meaningless propaganda.”
“We have not been served so far with any orders and even if we were to be served, we will not call off the strike,” Sossion remained adamant.
The Ministry of Education on Saturday termed the teachers demands as unsustainable claiming the salary demands by KNUT alone amounted to Sh460billion annually, which the Minister Mutula Kilonzo said was almost half of the total national budget.
But the teachers termed this allegation as government propaganda.
“It is a gross misrepresentation of facts to tell the public that teachers are demanding a whooping half a trillion when the fact is that the unions demands amount to a meagre Sh45billion against a national annual budget of Sh1.4trillion,” stated KNUT acting Secretary General Xavier Nyamu adding that this is just about 0.03 percent of the national budget.
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