Sossion Warns KUPPET Against Meddling in KNUT Affairs
Knut Secretary-General Wilson Sossion addressing a press conference.
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Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has accused Kenya Union of Post-Primary Teachers (KUPPET) of interfering in its dispute with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
In a letter addressed to KUPPET Secretary-General Akelo Misori, KNUT Secretary-General Wilson Sossion asked the union to keep off matters regarding them and the teachers.
KNUT also indicted KUPPET for not reacting when expected to join other unions in stopping TSC from anti-union activities.
Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) Secretary-General Akelo Misori speaks to the media in Nairobi on January 15, 2020.
THE STANDARD By
Augustine Oduor |
January 28th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Two international education lobby groups have written to President Uhuru Kenyatta (
pictured) to intervene in labour disputes between the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Teachers Service Commission.
The leadership of Education International and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in a letter to Kenyatta pleads that TSC be stopped from delisting Knut members.
“The TSC should reverse its anti-union actions against Knut and engage in a serious dialogue and in good faith to restore healthy industrial relations and a good environment for quality education,” reads the letter dated January 22.
The emphasis by Uhuru on high-risk teachers comes months after Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia also directed such staff to work from home as a way of stemming possible effects of the virus.
Macharia directed that these teachers be assigned other duties, as questions arose over the method of working from home.
“They can be utilised in offering critical duties such as preparing schemes of work, teaching aids and marking, among others. We assure them of the safety of their jobs,” she said.
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Back to School: MPs Express Concern Over Unpreparedness
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at a school in Nyeri on October 28, 2020.
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Members of Parliament representing Kiambu County on Monday, December 28, raised a number of concerns regarding the level of preparedness for the reopening of schools set for January 4.
Speaking to the media on behalf of his colleagues, Kiambu Township MP Jude Jomo decried the lack of vital funding for primary schools in the region. We have not received the funds as yet in our primary schools. We have tried talking to our friends because we want to be ready. We do not want our children to come back to school only to find that we have no washing bays.