Kenya’s teachers vowed to continue their strike, which began on 31 August. The government is appealing a court ruling granting teachers a salary increase. President Kenyatta ruled out giving in to teachers’ demands, saying that to do so would ‘seriously distort’ public finances. Meanwhile Kenyan children across the nation are missing out on their education. The Kenya National Teachers’ Union said its members won’t go back to work until the government complies with last month’s Industrial Court order to raise their pay. Kenya’s main opposition party held a rally in Nairobi on Wednesday to back the teachers’ demands. Kenyatta said that agreeing to wage demands would necessitate pay reviews across the public service, inflating the government wage bills and causing it to borrow money or suspend development programmes. ‘This will raise the cost of living, slow down our economy and increase unemployment and poverty. None of these options is tenable’, Kenyatta said.