shocks wrote:winston wrote:Just thinking that this is how its going to play out:
Step one - Gova continues its hard line stance - cant pay wont pay. Teachers continue with their stand 'cant increase wont teach'. Status quo remains till exams (administered by NYS, army, prison warders, police, etc) are over in early/mid november.
Step two - Gova moves to sack all the teachers except headmasters. With no salaries for september, october (and no loan deductions remittances from August till october) the heat of liabilities is now on the teachers - rent, loans etc have to be paid. The average teacher becomes desperate.
Step three - Gova advertises to employ teachers (both old and new) and employs them on a new contract (not subject to the court order of 50-60%) and includes a clause that no deductions or remittances will be made to the unions. Each teacher to send contributions directly (or better still outlaws unions or categorizes teachers in same bracket as police officers - essential services not allowed to form unions).
Step four - teachers take government to court for arrears of 50-60% since 2013 to time of sacking. Government obeys the new order and pays.
Step five. Schools are re-opened in December with old/new teachers.
Net effect - (1) Uhuru vs Sossion (or as some may want to mis-brand it uhuru vs raila) battle is won by uhuru; (2) New contract of employment not subject to 50-60% increment...gova can pay - economy is not hurt and salary structure is not distorted (3) Knut/Kuppet - weaken due to collection of contribution woes/ die off/Outlawed.
Anyway just my thoughts.
will only happen if an opinion poll indicates that public support has shifted from teachers side to uhurus side, remember uhuru is still a politician and needs votes in 2018
If you ask me, we as the general public are failing ourselves. This is not the time to take sides. it is the time to get everyone do what they ought to do. The teachers should sign that performance contract. we can have teachers who have the "they wont fall in my compound" attitude" and show so much passion when asking for money.... why dont we see the same teachers so passionate when the students perform so badly in exams?
and the government shouldnt pay any more higher salaries. we cant afford them. Personally, i am not ready to pay more in taxes. I am already over taxed.... whatever the government does, this nonsense has to stop.
And someone tell Sossion that house and travel allowance are also paid by the government so last nights show of one line of statement was a fail... we'd seen the basic pay and allowances too.