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Sossion fights to keep cash-strapped Knut alive

Knut elections Vihiga

Knut Secretary-General Wilson Sossion joins teachers in a jig during the Vihiga branch election held at Mbale High School on January 16, 2021.

Photo credit: Derick Luvega | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Mr Sossion said the union's register of members is still intact even as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) moves to paint a picture of mass exodus from Knut.
  • He exuded confidence that the ongoing elections across the country are proof that the union still has members and warned a strike would be called soon for no other reason but to test the strength on the ground.

Financially struggling Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has told newly elected branch officials to ask members to make direct contributions to its accounts to save the giant labour movement from collapsing.

The directive issued by secretary-general Wilson Sossion in Vihiga County, during the branch election on Saturday, indicated that the new form of contribution will be done through signing standing orders with banks to enable cash flow from March.