KNUT issues seven day strike notice.

-The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has issued a seven strike notice as school opening day looms.

- KNUT is demanding Labour CS reinstates teachers’ annual salary increment- The strike comes just days after re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers are threatening to down their tools in a nationwide strike only a week before schools officially reopen.
In a statement seen by Godee Empowerment, the Union wants Labor CS Phyllis Kandie to promote tutors with high qualifications as well as reinstate annual pay for teachers.
The Union is reportedly agitated by the TSC for allegedly scrapping a teachers salary increment contrary to an initial agreement.
"Our efforts over time to resolve the disputes have been in vain. The Kenya National Union of Teachers have now, following the steering committee, registered a dispute to the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Labor , Security and Social Services ,” the statement read.
They also argued that teachers were legally entitled to a salary increment.                                             “This increment is available to the teacher as a matter of right in the law.
The increasing schemes of service further governs this entitlement. The schemes of service for the teachers, graduates, non-graduates and technical teachers must be upgraded appropriately by the Teachers Service Commission. This has not been done for the last three years and our patience has run out,” The statement went on.
This is not the first time the TSC and KNUT were suffering from communication breakdown. In March, the Teachers Union threatened to call a nationwide strike if they were not engaged in negotiations.