9,830 junior school teachers at the centre of Knut, Kuppet membership fight
While Kuppet maintains that junior school teachers should belong to the union, Knut argues that...
Junior Secondary School teachers from Nairobi County demonstrate outside the Teachers Service Commission offices on May 13, 2024.
Doreen Kiremi, a junior school teacher, was puzzled to see deductions from her pay slip paid to the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) despite never requesting to leave the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut).
An elected Knut member, Ms Kiremi says she has been a loyal member of the KNUT since 2015 and wants the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to restore her membership immediately.
Mediator says Sossion-led union should keep off teachers in secondary and tertiary institutions.
If gazetted, over 190,000 teachers not affiliated to any union will be deducted the fee.
Behind the scenes, the government used divide-and-rule tactics to pressure the Kuppet top guns.
Knut boss calls for probe by EACC and DCI as Kuppet asks members to keep off lobby.
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