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How Knut boss got nomination slot for House

Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary General Wilson Sossion. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard)

Sometime this year, an umbrella union bringing together civil servants and teachers sent a seven-page document to political parties demanding answers to a number of questions relating to workers.

The questionnaire by the Trade Union Congress of Kenya (TUC-K) sought responses from parties on a myriad of issues relating to workers. TUC-K is an umbrella union that boasts a membership of 500,000 workers. It brings together members of Union of Kenya Civil Servants (UKCS), teachers unions, Kenya’s University Academic Staff Union (Uasu), Kenya University Staff Union (Kusu) and dockworkers.

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