THIS IS HOW FAR SOLIDARTY OKOA WALIMU ACCOUNT HAVE RAISED

Kenyans might be curious as to whether the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD’s) initiative to mobilise funds from the public and pay teachers will achieve any results.
Figures released by Safaricom reveals that as of Thursday, September 24 at  4 PM, the account had managed to raise slightly over KSh 8,000.
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This is almost a day after the account was announced by CORD leader Raila Odinga, who said he had committed KSh 100,000 to the fund.
The opposition coalition’s co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka also said he had put KSh 100,000 to the account, which Kenyans were to contribute to it through mobile money.
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But according to Safaricom and as quoted by Businessdaily, only KSh  108,276 has been raised so far. Contributions from Kenyan’s thus stand at KSh 8,276.
It thus means one of the CORD principals has not deposited his KSh 100,ooo towards the initiative.
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Initiatives to raise cash in solidarity with certain calamities have previously managed to raise several million in the country but it remains to be seen if CORD’s initiative will achieve the target.
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CORD announced the account while  holding a public rally at Uhuru Park on Wednesday, September to push the government into paying teachers to end the current education crisis.
According to available statistics, the government needs at least KSh 5.5 billion to pay teachers salaries in just one month, translating to KSh 66 billion a year.
Teachers have been on strike since the beginning of September as they push the government to implement a court order that awarded them a 50-60% salary increment.