Pupils of Mwangaza Academy in Bosamaro village in Nyamira will have to look for other institutions after their school was closed indefinitely following a wrangle between management and teachers.
Speaking to HiviSasa.com on Tuesday, a section of teachers accused school head Peter Motari of failing to pay their dues since April despite giving them promises constantly.
They said that they will have to look for other institutions, besides planning to take legal steps against the school head for allegedly infringing their rights contrary to the code of conduct and contractual agreement they had before employment.
“I would like to assure parents that as teachers, we will not go back to the institution since the school head has failed to pay our dues for two months now. This is contrary to our agreement and therefore, we have no option other than to bow out,” said Mr John Ratemo on behalf of the teachers.
“The war is not yet over because we are thinking of taking legal action against him. This is a breach of our contractual agreement and definitely there are consequences to that effect,” he added.
However, Mr Motari accused the teachers of insincerity and accused them of asking for an irregular pay increase despite the 'little income' generated by the institution.
“I haven’t refused to pay salaries. It’s only that they want irregular rise from the current Sh10,000 to Sh15,000 which will definitely affect normal operations in the institution,” he said.