The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) leadership is sharply divided on the retirement age and the exit time for the current chairman. Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion and Chairman Mudzo Nzili have reignited the dark politics of trade unionism where back-stabbing, gossip and betrayal are the order of the day. ALSO READ: Teachers' unions differ over exams postponementWhile Mr Sossion insists Mr Nzili must proceed on leave pending his retirement six months from now, Nzili wants Sossion to leave the giant teachers’ union after being nominated to Parliament. In 2013, Sossion, then the Knut chairman, plotted to dislodge Nzili from the more influential Secretary General’s docket. Teachers and all education players would be the greatest losers if the current bad blood between the chairman and secretary general escalate.

Source: Standard Digital November 16, 2017 21:00 UTC