Workers plan strike against Uhuru’s new housing tax

Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary General Wilson Sossion (left) and COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli during KNUT's 61st Annual Delegates Conference at Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Workers have threatened a nationwide strike over the impending deduction of 1.5 per cent of their salaries to finance President Uhuru Kenyatta’s housing plan.

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) joined the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) in rejecting the plan, citing lack of structures to manage the fund.