Anti-graft fight nearly cost me NSSF board seat: Atwoli
Cotu Secretary-General Francis Atwoli speaks at St Stephen's Cathedral along Jogoo Road in Nairobi on April 28, 2019, during the union's prayer event ahead of Labour Day Celebrations. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Mr Atwoli, Secretary-General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (Cotu), claimed on Tuesday night that influential politicians mooted a plan to have him removed from the NSSF board because of his tough stance against corruption.
He said the NSSF would have suffered the same way the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) did before the 2018 general elections, when looting took place, had he not strongly opposed corruption.
Regarding his tenure in the NSSF board, Mr Atwoli noted that he was serving his last term and preparing another union leader to take his place.
On politics, Mr Atwoli told Deputy President William Ruto to stop chest-thumping and find good advisers if he wants to keep his 2022 presidential ambition alive.
Cotu boss Francis Atwoli says the boardroom wars that nearly saw him expelled from the National Social Security Fund were because of his efforts to seal corruption loopholes.
Mr Atwoli, Secretary-General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (Cotu), claimed on Tuesday night that influential politicians mooted a plan to have him removed from the NSSF board because of his tough stance against corruption.
