{"id":2179,"date":"2024-08-25T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T14:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2024-08-25T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:57:53","slug":"breaking-newsteachers-union-calls-off-strike-extends-olive-branch-to-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/25\/breaking-newsteachers-union-calls-off-strike-extends-olive-branch-to-government\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS:Teachers\u2019 Union Calls Off Strike, Extends Olive Branch to Government."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Francis Kioko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has decided to retract its planned teachers\u2019 strike, initially set to begin on Monday, August 26. The decision was made on Sunday following an intense meeting by the union\u2019s National Executive Council at their Nairobi headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015125.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015125.jpg 720w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015125-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015125-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KNUT SG Collins Oyuu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knut Secretary-General Collins Oyuu announced that the union chose to suspend the strike to allow the Teachers Service Commission more time to address their pressing concerns. He urged all union members to resume their duties and report to schools as scheduled on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KNUT officials press briefing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In response to the union&#8217;s decision, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos expressed his gratitude, urging parents to ensure their children return to school on Monday. He further assured that the government is committed to resolving the outstanding issues raised by the teachers&#8217; union, signaling a potential thaw in the standoff between educators and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in a contracting turn of event KUPPET on its part declared the much anticipated teacher&#8217;s strike is on with 68 of its NEC members endorsing the strike leaving parents and guardians in a confusion state following this double pronouncements from the two teachers&#8217;s unions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/kituitimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015459-1024x586.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015459-1024x586.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015459-600x343.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015459-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015459-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015459.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">KUPPET SG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong> END\/\/ TAKE A MOMENT AND GIVE US A LIKE DOWN HERE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Francis Kioko The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has decided to retract its planned teachers\u2019 strike,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077.jpg",1080,605,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-768x430.jpg",640,358,true],"large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-1024x574.jpg",640,359,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077.jpg",1080,605,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077.jpg",1080,605,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-1024x574.jpg",1024,574,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/1001015077-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Kambaland Times","author_link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/author\/kituitimes\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2189,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2179\/revisions\/2189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}