I have argued previously that for us to prosper as a nation, together, certain things must happen. Today i want to emphasize on one that i hold very dear. It is that rights come with responsibilities. Today it concerns the teachers strike that is scheduled to start next week (19 February 2013, as i write i think of my cousin 'Nimu' who is in class one in Itundu Primary school in Mathira Constituency on the slopes of mount Kenya.
Our purpose in this blog is to ensure that we live today, enjoying all privileges and rights, but withour compromising the interests of future generations.
Coming to my point, so teachers have a constitutional right to strike, but who cares about our pupils and students. Already the school year been interupted by virtue of last year's strike, today we are on the verge of another. On the other hand, i couldn't help but question, who between the gobernment and the teacher's union is fooling who?
In the book, of the month Business and Politics, Graham Wilson argues that it is critical for the government to provide leadership towards a balance between business and politics. Otherwise the economic environment will become to volatile that investors will shy away from the country.
For the sake of future generations and a stable economy, the government and the teacher's union must bring this matter to an objeclive closure.
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