Date Posted: 6/28/2013 4:28:22 AM
Posted By: Chadeshady Membership Level: Gold Total Points: 1697
“Please, let us not ask for everything today and spoil what we would have enjoyed tomorrow. Let us do today what we can do now by first building the economy and then we can talk abut a higher pay,” this is what the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces said at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani during the enthronement of Archbishop Amos Mathenge of the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa earlier this week. Only that this time he was addressing teachers country wide; not the armed forces. Does that make him Commander in Chief of KNUT or KUPPET?Now, I don’t know about you but I think this teachers’ strike issue has been procrastinated long enough and it’s high time it was solved. What is the point of raising someone’s hopes only to joy-ride them along at your own merciless discretion. They have been fighting this losing battle since 1997 and I have to admit that in all my life, I’ve never seen such a patient bunch of people who never tire in hoping for a better tomorrow. Okay fine, Jacob was patient enough for 14 years to marry the woman he loved but his story has a happy ending. I can’t say the same about our teachers unless your idea of a happy ending involves downing your tools and hitting the streets singing solidarity hymns with the expectations that the Government will dance to your tunes. Not in Kenya.I’m trying to approach this matter with the precaution that it deserves. Precaution in the sense that we are dealing with human beings who are striving to make a decent living out of the services they offer. In which case they are justified to strike and walk away from their profession if they are treated any less than they deserve. Teachers too have families to raise and responsibilities to attend to all of which require some financial muscle to make ends meet. And I can understand their grievances if they feel they aren't getting enough of their time and dedication’s worth. Think about it, for you to comprehend what I've written someone (possibly a couple more) has to take the credit for that; your English teachers. For you to be the engineer, doctor, pilot, facebooker (sic), lawyer and even the hustler you are today your teachers have to take credit for all that (well, so do your parents to some extent). And so like it’s always been with most humans (read Kenyans) we forget where we've come from, our roots, whatever shit-hole we've been through to get to where we are. If I were to ask you at this very moment the name of either of your class 1’s English, Swahili or Mathematics teacher I bet you would give your head a thorough scratching. But that’s the thing with our brains and minds, is it not? Out of sight, out of mind!Now, if you were to take all this into consideration, do you really think dialogue would put matters into perspective in as far as remuneration is concerned? If your answer was yes then your faith is the one Jesus had in mind when He said it could be capable of moving a mountain to the deepest of seas. The same goes to Mr. President, his Deputy and the Government offices in charge of handling funds (it’s becoming hard to tell the difference between the Treasury and Parliament)… if you really believe dialogue will pump sense in the teachers on strike, I suggest you think again. You've probably heard hell hath no fury than a woman scorned? Well, I’ll tell you this; streets hath no peace than a teacher taken for granted.
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