Special needs children suffer in salaries fightPaul Rotich and other non-teaching staff of Kabarnet School for the Blind and Deaf address the Press last year. The special school was shut down in September last year after the 31 workers downed their tools to protest against a 15-month delay in paying their salaries. The closure has seen nearly 80 learners with special needs forced to stay at home. Paul Rotich, a non-teaching staff at the institution, said the Ministry of Education had broken its pledge to settle their arrears thus their decision to resort to industrial action. The matron described the school as a “once safe haven for learners with special needs that has been neglected.” Members of the board of management refused to speak about the stalemate.

Source: Standard Digital January 14, 2020 21:00 UTC