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Obure tells off Knut over stand
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 00:59
He said that the government was addressing the shortage and wondered why unionists were resisting when they do not have an alternative solution. Mr Obure, who is also Bobasi area MP, said TSC would absorb the intern teachers after two years.
“Knut is only criticising the scheme simply because interns will not give monthly contributions to the union,” the minister claimed. He asked the union to stop focusing on teachers’ contributions only. However, the teachers’ union argues that teachers should not be hired on contract basis since they qualify to be hired on regular basis. Mr Julius Githinji the union’s national vice chairman, described intern hiring as “cheap labour”.
He said interns would work with teachers using the same timetable and syllabus and wondered why they cannot be treated equally when it came to payment. But, the Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association, Gucha branch chairman, Michael Nyarang’o yesterday welcomed the move.
Elsewhere, water consumers will soon have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for the commodity. Lake Victoria South Water Service Board Chairman Mr John Juma said the Ministry of Water and Irrigation is set to increase its water tariffs.
Speaking in Kisii on Tuesday during the Gusii Water and Sanitation Company (GWASCO) launch of the company’s service charter, Mr Juma said the hike had been necessitated by increased power tariffs and the cost of living. Speaking at the same function, UN Habitat chief technical adviser Mr Robert Goodwin challenged water companies in Nyanza to provide clean drinking water and maintain proper sanitation. He said 60 per cent of diseases in the country were water borne due to lack of safe and reliable water.
