This archive report was first published on 21 August 2019.
On August 21, 2019, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) National Executive Council issued a seven-day ultimatum to its Secretary General Wilson Sossion to resign or face removal from office.
The move follows a deliberation meeting on Tuesday night on the suitability of Sossion to continue leading the teachers union, which was disrupted by rowdy youth who were later scuttled by police.
On July 27, 2019, the Employment and Labour Relations Court ruled that Sossion should be struck off the teachers register, following a case filed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in 2017.
The court had initially ruled on January 17, 2018, that Sossion should be deregistered, citing that he had failed to comply with the regulations of 187 of the code by not resigning or retiring from his teaching position.
Sossion had filed a petition claiming that the decision was prompted by malice, ill-will, and an abuse of the office of commission CEO, and that he had not been subjected to a procedural and legally required process.
However, the Teachers Service Commission challenged his argument, citing that Sossion was now holding two public offices and earning double benefits in terms of pensions and gratuities contrary to the law.
