Major crisis as cash-starved teachers' unions close offices

Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion (left), Kuppet Chairman Amboko Milemba (second left) and Secretary General Akello Misori (second right) during a court session on teachers' salaries. [Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard]

Teachers’ unions are laying off workers and closing branches after employer TSC stopped deducting and remitting dues through the check-off system.

It emerged Sunday that the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) have lost over Sh1 billion in the past six months.