Teachers were recently on strike demanding increases of up to 200 per cent in both basic salary and allowances.
While the Government has offered to pay more in allowances across the board, it refuses to budge on basic pay.
Public school teachers can forget about any increase in their basic salaries this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said.
Instead, he urged patience as the government deals with their concerns, saying “give us time to breathe… we live in a country of limited resources”.
He made the remarks Wednesday as he opened a regional education conference in Nairobi, arguing government funds slated for education are already committed.
Teachers were recently on strike demanding increases of up to 200 per cent in both basic salary and allowances. While the Government has offered to pay more in allowances across the board, it refuses to budge on basic pay.
The matter is currently under court-directed arbitration.
The president later met with officials of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) at State House, Nairobi, to discuss a stalemate over 1,000 or so teachers who have refused to return to their posts in Mandera County, citing insecurity.
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