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Unpaid teachers, striking lecturers: Inside the wage bill burden on education

KNUT SG Collins Oyuu says more than 350,000 trained teachers are jobless, with some waiting for 15 years.

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by FELIX ASOHA

News17 November 2025 - 14:46
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KNUT first vice national chairman Malel Lang'at (left) with secretary general Collins Oyuu during the State House meeting on September 13, 2025. /PCS

Kenya’s education sector continues to struggle, with challenges emerging at every level of learning.

The recent lecturers’ strike, which paralysed public universities for seven weeks, exposed the depth of the crisis and the urgent need for decisive government action.

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