This archive report was first published on 6 July 2021.
Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) operations have returned to normal after a raid by auctioneers last week.
KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu addressed the media, stating that the matter was blown out of proportion and that the union only scaled down its operations.
‘‘It was normal to any organisation and I want to assure teachers that the union was never auctioned and such claims are fake news peddled by our detractors,’’ Oyuu said.
He further stated that the union has embarked on thorough negotiations with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to have all teachers who left by 2019 back to the union.
‘‘It’s not something hidden that the union has been hit financially and we are trying so hard to engage TSC so that we can have our full membership.’’ He added.
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the KNUT membership has dipped to 34,312 from 187,471 between July 2019 and October 2020.
The union, which used to receive at least Sh144 million in union dues monthly, received a meagre Sh25 million in October.
