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Head of Public Service Felix Koskei has besieged the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) to call off the strike that is entering it second week today, assuring that the government will address the issues they raised.

Koskei said the government had already implemented the contentious collective bargain agreement (CBA) and that it’s committed to ensuring that all matters pertaining to the welfare of teachers were amicably resolved. Koskei said President Ruto’s government wanted a speedy resolution and appealed for teachers to return to class and teach.

“Allow the children to be taught as the issues are being resolved step by step…by Friday, the CBA has been implemented by TSC and we are going to ensure that all matters were resolved,” Koskei assured.

To absorb interns

Speaking at the Kaimosi Farmers Training Centre (FTC) in Nandi County during a tour of the agricultural facility, the HOPS, said already the 46,000 intern JSS teachers will be absorbed on permanent and pensionable terms.

“The fate of 46,000 JSS teachers should no-longer be an issue since they will all receive the appointment letters from TSC as their allocations and subsequent employment is being implemented,” HOPS revealed.

Koskei who was accompanied by the country director of the Food and agricultural Organisation (FAO) Hamisi William said they were at the Kaimosi agricultural training Centre in Nandi which is set to host the international world food day on October 16, 2024.

Koskei said the government was supporting FTC’s across the country due to their importance in imparting knowledge to the small scale farmers.

“Though agriculture is a fully devolved function, the national government had a lot of interests and lays emphasis to ensure that the country was food sufficient and we are going to take a deliberate step to support,” Koskei added.

Hamisi said the United nation through FAO was engaged in various activities in the grassroots levels through FTC’s to have small scale  farmers change their mine set from  traditional methods to making farming managed as a business.

Koskei said Nandi County has a huge potential in food and cash crops which was yet to be fully tapped and the world food day would be an opportunity for the farmers and exhibitors to showcase what they could offer to change the trend.