KNUT Sec General Ambrose Adongo addressing headmasters during a workshop on environmental education training at KSTC Nairobi in May 1985. Two weeks to the end of June and an estimated 300,000 teachers are unsure when their next pay hike will be. At the height of Knut’s power, teachers could make the country ungovernable when they poured into the streets, highways and village paths. Adongo led the union for a record 31 years, and knew how and when to ratchet up pressure so that his members could benefit. Before him, Joseph Kioni, the pioneer secretary general, had been imprisoned after he challenged President Jomo Kenyatta’s admiration for treating teachers shabbily.

Source: Standard Digital June 15, 2021 18:16 UTC