Obi 1 Kanobi wrote:If I was the Jubilee govt, I would transfer the provision of basic education to the county gava and transfer the actual running of schools to parents. But clinging to power blindly is what drives down our country.
Private schools are doing very well with profit motive in mind, imagine what parents could do if allowed to run schools where their children learn.
Having said that, Teachers must get their due. The gava signed and they need to make good their end of the bargain.
The laptop program for hungry children must GO.
Doctors, nurses and clinical officers recently opposed a move by the Government to transfer their salaries and allowances to counties, i think teachers would react the same way. County governments are not yet ready for this kind of function.
"In 2003 the NARC govt disowned the 1997 agreement through Legal Notice No. 16 of 2003.....under the agreement teachers were supposed to earn half their basic pay as house allowance. They were also to pocket 20 per cent of their basic pay as medical allowance and another 10 per cent of their salary towards commuter allowance. The Government has always held that this particular notice overturned Legal Notice No.534 of 1997 under which all the allowances in question were negotiated and agreed upon."
This deal was supposed to be fully implemented by 2002 but it wasn't.....Moi just wanted to win an election in 97'. Teachers clearly deserve a better pay no doubt about that but should it be based on this deal. How many teachers have been employed since 1997, na kwanza naskia even the once who have retired want their share if the deal is implemented. Hii pesa ya laptop is not even enough to meet their demands so that really isn't the issue here. Perhaps Kambi is right this thing needs to be negotiated again and probably implemented immediately without phases....we now have county govts getting atleast 15% of the national revenue.
http://www.capitalfm.co....eal-was-agreed-kamotho/