When it appears that the teachers won’t budge, the Education minister issues ultimatums and warn salaries will be frozen and striking teachers sacked even though they know parents won’t release the children to go back to school. The point we are making is that wherever there is a regime change, it does not take long for the nation to realise that governments will always remain the same, tackling the realities of shrinking size of the national cake and sharp rise in our collective greed and avarice. Teachers have a point in the fact that their demands are anchored onto a deal signed with government 16 years ago. There are technicalities as to the interpretation whether the relevant gazette notice still has the force of law. My take is that the burden retired President Kibaki inherited from Mzee Daniel Arap Moi (at the time Education minister was one Kalonzo Musyoka) is now firmly on Uhuru’s and Ruto’s shoulders. It is going to be the biggest test of their statecraft. Kibaki could not resolve this matter for ten years and in all fairness, may be its implementation is akin to pushing a boulder up the cliff of Mount Kenya. So he chose what the previous regime did; incremental increases!
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 15:40:18 +0000
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