Kenya’s repetitive school strikes by Tom Rhodes Broken government promises and corruption have led to a series of teacher strikes in Kenya. Children are routinely denied an education and are the ultimate victims. As happens in other East African countries, Kenya’s teachers strike more often than any other civil servants. Since independence in 1963, there have been 12 major teachers’ walkouts, roughly one every four years. In the past four years, teacher strikes have become an annual event. This year’s strike, which ended July 17th, was one of the longest. The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) agreed to call…
