Church offers to mediate in Kenya’s teacher pay dispute

Public schools in Kenya are closed following a government order in response to the three-week teachers' strike for a 50% pay rise.

Kenya's Supreme Court says that the government should abide by a lower court's decision to give teachers a pay rise of at least 50%.

The first signs of trouble started when Apostle Elkana insisted that I buy two bottles of anointing oil every week.

Cameroon's players are finally on their way to Brazil for the World Cup after a dispute over bonus payments.

Since the government is yet to deposit to my account whatever the Supreme Court ordered them to deposit, I had not done much as regards the building of my permanent house by last weekend. Suleiman, the only expert mason this side of the Sahara, came to see me last Sunday to ask when we would begin.

Apple has agreed to pay Italy 318 million euros ($348 million) to settle a tax dispute after the US tech giant was investigated for suspected fraud, the country’s tax agency said Tuesday.

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Low pay of teacher's in government schools cause for poor performance
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Poor performance exhibited by government secondary schools is because the teachers are not well compensated nor are their benefits sufficient. With that understanding, the government has pledged to pay teachers all their due payments as the basis to ...

For the idle ones who have been closely following events in Mwisho wa Lami, you will be aware that Kuya, my nemesis, has been missing in action for a few weeks. It all started with the teachers’ strike.

Kenya gives Tanzania two weeks to resolve tour vans dispute
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Kenya has given Tanzania a two-week ultimatum to review the bilateral agreement that will allow the latter's tourism vans to access the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in the latest spat between the two East African countries. Failure to agree, both ...