State removes 72,000 teachers from Knut

Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia (left) and Chairperson Lydia Nzomo (right) with Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion at Parliament Buildings. [File]

The teachers’ employer has struck off 72,000 educators from the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) register.

The Standard has established that after a Labour court compelled Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to remit union dues to Knut, TSC only deducted Sh83 million from 115,000 teachers.