{"id":317492,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/317492/?format=json","text_counter":262,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Olago","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":5,"legal_name":"John Olago Aluoch","slug":"john-aluoch"},"content":"Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to ask for a Statement from the Minister for Education on the status of the ongoing national strike by teachers, mounted by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) union. The Statement should address the following pertinent issues:- (a) the chronology of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the legal notice on which the strike is based, and the legality of the strike; (b) action being taken at reconciliation or negotiations; (c) the legality of the Minister’s directive to the County Directors of Education to identify teachers who are on strike, so that their salaries may be stopped; and, (d) what steps the Ministry is taking to end the strike and bring normalcy to the public education sector ahead of the forthcoming national examinations."}