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Kenya: Private schools’ closure blocked

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The High Court in Kenya has suspended the order by the Ministry of Education to close private schools in the country.

The ruling by Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi followed a petition by the Kenya Private Schools Association filed by lawyer Muturi Kamande, indicating that about 2 million of the pupils and students would be affected by the closure that was ordered on Friday last week.

In her ruling Justice Ngugi noted that private schools were not part of the strike.

The order to close the schools in the country followed three weeks of persistent non-teaching by the striking teachers, who got a reprieve from Supreme Court, ordering government to pay them a 60% increase in salary, something the government says is not sustainable.

Already, President Uhuru Kenyatta has weighed in on the matter, asking the teachers to reconsider their labour action, adding that government was seeking a solution to the labour dispute that has crippled the education system.

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