KUPPET's Embu County officials have cited significant challenges with teachers’ health insurance coverage, saying it has prevented most of them from receiving necessary treatment.
The government is planning permanent and pensionable terms for all 46,000 of them and will hire 20,000 interns starting in July.
PS Kipsang emphasised that the issue falls under labour relations and will be addressed by the Ministry of Labour and the Teachers Service Commission.
The court issued the suspension against the Employment and Labour Relations Court's directive which had mandated the TSC to transition the intern teachers to permanent positions.
The teachers have been fired over protests that started on May 13 as they demanded permanent and pensionable posts.
The plea arises amidst the refusal of Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers to return to classrooms even as schools commence for the second term.
The directives come as the Junior Secondary School teachers continue to hold demonstrations vowing not to go back to class until TSC heeds their demands.
They say they will not return to work unless the government addresses the key issues of poor pay and changes their contracts to make them permanent and pensionable.