Teachers still demand pay over with held September salary

Baringo branch Kenya Union of Teachers (KNUT) Executive Secretary Charles Kamuren today at Kabarnet pushed for the Jubilee Government over its failure to pay teachers their September salaries.
Kamuren while addressing the press blamed the Jubilee Government for not putting into consideration the welfare of teachers in the country terming it as a way to cut off teachers’ cooperation with the current government.
"Our September pay slips read zero, we received no money at all but as teachers of this country, we know what to do with this Jubilee Government," Kamuren stressed.
The government has heard the hardships teachers are going through from the beginning of this term and now the term is ending but the government has done nothing to forestall the cry and wipe their tears, Kamuren indicated.
Kamuren added that teachers still demand their withheld pay saying they are influential enough to determine where the 2017 vote will go.
"Scratch my back I scratch yours is our message to the Government if they want teachers to support them during their election then they should remember the s care for teachers’ welfare," Kamuren added.
The Secretary said that teachers need to be paid their September salaries despite the command by Teachers Service Commission not to pay teachers who were on strike during the five week strike at the beginning of the term as it is their right to receive payment as per the court statement.
  KNUT Chairman Baringo branch Rev. Joshua Cheptarus advised the teachers not to lose hope but instead continue working in unity since the government work according to the tyranny of numbers.
Cheptarus added that teachers missing their salaries should not be taken as a way of losing the battle of having their salary increased but instead urged them to be strong until they receive their fate.