Get to negotiating table and end teachers' strike

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The ongoing nationwide strike by Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) members enters its second week today, with no solution in sight. The prospects of a prolonged strike when the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates need their teachers the most are depressing.

And seemingly, Jogoo House is not taking this matter as seriously as it should. It is not enough for Education CS Julius Ogamba to say the government has released Sh18.7 billion to hire intern teachers and Sh13.5 billion to implement the second phase of the 2021-2025 CBA, and that the government is committed to uplifting education standards if these efforts do not end the strike.