No retreat, no surrender as Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion dares TSC

Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion, has dared the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), to interdict the more than 2,000 teachers who have boycotted duty in the North Eastern region.

Sossion’s bold stand comes ahead of the expiry of TSC’s directive to teachers deployed in Wajir, Garissa and Mandera counties to resume duty by tomorrow. The standoff comes amid Knut’s hosting of an international one-week education conference in Nairobi sponsored by Education International (EI). The conference brings together representatives of more than 40 million teachers from across the globe. TSC Chief Executive Gabriel Lengoibon had warned the teachers that they would be replaced if they do not return to work by tomorrow. “Threats to sack these teachers will not solve the issues raised. The teachers have very legitimate and life-threatening concerns. They, too, have constitutional rights to be protected,” stated Sossion.