Staff Reporter
State Minister for Defense and Veterans Affairs, Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi, has called upon striking teachers in Kisoro District to resume their duties instead of abandoning their classrooms due to issues related to hard-to-reach allowances.
The appeal follows statements by Bufumbira North legislator, Hon. Kamara John Nizeyimana, who urged teachers in Kisoro’s town councils to boycott classes in protest of unpaid allowances.
At a community event in Kinyababa Village, Rukundo Town Council, Minister Mateke emphasized that striking is not a viable solution. She reminded teachers that the government had communicated in 2010 that civil servants in town councils were ineligible for hard-to-reach allowances. Minister Mateke questioned the rationale behind MP Kamara’s encouragement of the strike despite this policy.
Minister Mateke stressed the importance of leadership in addressing challenges faced by teachers, particularly those in newly established town councils that share characteristics with rural areas. She suggested organizing meetings with education commissioners to discuss and resolve these issues constructively.
