Nairobi, March 20 -- A teachers' union has demanded the release of all unremitted capitation funds owed to public schools and threatened to call a strike to paralyse operations at the beginning of the second term if the government does not send the funds estimated to total Sh54 billion.

The figure has accumulated for over five years as the government has not been sending the full amount. As a result, the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) yesterday rejected a reduction of the learners' capitation, terming the decision 'grossly immoral' as secondary schools struggle to survive the first term.

This follows an announcement on Monday by the principal secretary for Basic Education Belio Kipsang that each learner would re...