In a fresh push to get the government to hear their demands, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is considering rallying its members to down their tools just before schools reopen for third term. Speaking at the Union’s offices on August 6, 2024, KNUT Secretary General, Collins Oyuu explained that the second phase of the 2021 – 2025 Collective Bargain Agreement (CBA) they signed had not yet been implemented. “We have written to the TSC, this leads to industrial action which might not be escaped in any way,” Oyuu noted. As part of the requirement to call for a legal industrial action, the KNUT has issued a strike notice to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labour. Should the talks bear no fruits, KNUT will invite the national executive council for a ratification for a go ahead for a nation-wide strike.

Source: Daily Nation August 06, 2024 20:30 UTC