Junior Secondary School teachers in Bomet have downed their tools in what they termed as the government’s insensitivity to their plight.
The teachers accused the government of failing to confirm them into permanent and pensionable basis against the meagre salary of Ksh17,000 it has been paying them.
KUPPET Vice Chairman Peter Bett wondered why the government was insisting that they could not employ teachers on permanent terms while some politicians have been dishing out employment letters to their cronies.
“We want to tell the TSC that you are in a position to confirm all the teachers daily and it is shameful for political leaders to issue employment letters to their followers as a way of wooing them,” he remarked.
Bett also wants the teachers compensated, adding that TSC should embrace transparency in employing teachers by advertising vacancies in the media for the teachers to apply and not engage politicians who are advancing their selfish interests.
The unionists also alleged that there was massive corruption and malpractices perpetuated by the TSC officials in the employment of the teachers.
“We are hearing that for one to be employed on permanent terms, you need to part with Ksh400,000 as bribe and we need these TSC officials to come out clear on this,” he said.
Bett called on President William Ruto to intervene in these matters which if left unchecked, would affect learning in most schools in the country.
JSS spokesman Mungen Kipruto on his part said they were ready to face the sack for fighting for their rights.
“We have officially started our strike. As JSS teachers, we will seek justice in the Labour Court because we cannot continue to teach in an unfavourable environment,” he said.
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