Murang’a County reaches deal ECDE teachers, call off strike
The Murang’a County Government and the County Government Workers Union have signed an agreement to end a months-long strike by ECDE teachers. The deal formally reclassifies ECDE staff as teachers rather than caregivers and provides for the absorption of intern teachers into permanent contracts.
Why it matters
This agreement resolves a significant labor dispute that disrupted early childhood education and improves the professional status and working conditions of educators.
Murang’a County Government and the County Government Workers Union (COGWU) have signed a return-to-work agreement, bringing to an end a months-long strike by ECDE teachers.
COGWU Deputy Secretary General Dr. John Ndunda, speaking after the signing, said the agreement marks the end of the industrial action that had disrupted learning in Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) centres across Murang’a County.
He said normal learning is expected to resume immediately.
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