Earlier, Knut had been ordered by the Employment and Labour Court to participate in conciliatory talks under an arbitrator appointed by Labour Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani. “Teachers have in the past gone on strike even when there are court orders. We will not make straight comments on what we have not seen and have not heard,” Mr Sossion said. We respect court orders but teachers cannot be bullied by a dictatorial employer,” Mr Sossion said. In an affidavit, Ms Macharia urged the court to stop the strike pending the conciliation talks.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2019 06:56 UTC