Labour Cabinet Secretary Kazungu Kambi on Thursday said the government will not pay teachers their July salaries. The teachers who recently returned to work after a three- week strike have vowed to go back on strike from Tuesday after the government said that it would not pay them. Kambi claims the fresh strike called by the teachers is illegal. “As a ministry, we delivered on our promise to pay the teachers their dues for June and allowances they demanded but we didn’t agree to pay them in the month of July and the labour laws which we abide by, demand that one works at least 21 days in a month for them to earn a salary” Kambi said teachers should instead focus on teaching students and not on money so that they can catch up on lost time. He added that plans have been put up for a review programme where the Labour Ministry together with the Ministry of Education will gauge the teachers. “We have plans to start reviewing the teacher’s performance as some of the teachers do not even show up to classrooms yet they still demand payment paid and thishas forced us to roll out a programme where we check to see if their teaching is effective." Kambi wants the teachers to abide by labour laws and work with the ministry as they work towards creating a better Kenya.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:52:15 +0000
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