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Public school teachers on strike

Published: Tuesday | September 4, 2012 Comments 0
Kenyan paramilitary soldiers patrol the area near the Musa Mosque, after Friday prayers, in the Majengo area of Mombasa, Kenya, on August 31. Leaders from the across the religious divide have urged Muslims to call off planned protests over the killing of a hardline Islamist preacher whose death sparked deadly riots in Kenya's second-largest city. - AP photos
Kenyan paramilitary soldiers patrol the area near the Musa Mosque, after Friday prayers, in the Majengo area of Mombasa, Kenya, on August 31. Leaders from the across the religious divide have urged Muslims to call off planned protests over the killing of a hardline Islamist preacher whose death sparked deadly riots in Kenya's second-largest city. - AP photos

NAIROBI (AP):

Union organisers say nearly 280,000 teachers in Kenya are staying away from work to demand long overdue pay raises, paralysing resumption of classes after holidays.

Wilson Sossion, chairman of the Kenya National Union of Teachers, said yesterday that its 240,000 members did not report to work, responding to a call to strike by the union. And AKelo Misori, the secretary general of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers, said its 38,000 members had not shown up for work yesterday.


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