Closure of Kenya schools continues
Schools in Kenya remain closed over a pay dispute between the country's government and teachers despite the judiciary voting in favor of teachers.
The High Court on Monday suspended a government directive ordering all schools to shut down due to the ongoing teachers' strike.
Judge Mumbi Ngugi said suspending the order was in the interest of justice.
Three-week teachers' strike
Schools have been shut by the government in response to the teachers' strike which started early this month.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday urged the teachers to return to work, saying their demand for a pay rise of 50 to 60 percent could not be met, and that Kenyan teachers' pay was higher than that of others in the region.
He added teachers' salaries had been increased in past years to match those of other civil servants.
"None of these options is tenable. Our country must live within its means," Kenyatta said in an address broadcast on radio and television, adding that steps such as tax hikes or more borrowing would drive up inflation and slow the economy.
He further added that an increase in teachers' pay would mean others' wages would have to increase as well.
Meanwhile, teachers argue the government has failed to honor a deal reached in 1997 to raise teachers' salaries.
On September 25, the judiciary ruled in favor of the teachers industrial action.
The government has challenged the ruling which will force it to raise teachers' pay by at least 50 percent,
The teachers' unions have more than two hundred and eighty thousand members.
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