Fact Checker: Atwoli rage on Salaries and Remuneration Commission’s role incorrect

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli (right) and MP Omboko Milemba during Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park, Nairobi recently. [Beverlyne Musili,Standard]

During last week’s Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Park, the Central Organisation for Trade Unions (Cotu) Secretary General Francis Atwoli made a long speech that contained several false claims and exaggerations.

In his rambling speech where he also called for a constitutional change and the removal of presidential term limits, Atwoli took issue with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) for what he termed as overstepping its mandate.