By OUMA WANZALAMore by this AuthorThe Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has made a passionate appeal to Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) to embrace dialogue a day after the union rejected a request for talks. “It is from this view point that the commission wishes to allay the Knut fears that engagement in negotiation as an alternative dispute resolution is a means to circumventing the court process. "To this extent, the Commission encourages Knut to embrace conciliators recommendations and conclude negotiations with the commission on a raft of issues forming the dispute,’ says Mrs Macharia. However, Mrs Macharia says should Knut stand by its decision to steer off negotiations, the commission will respect the same and will fully and exclusively engage in arbitration process before the Court. Mrs Macharia had written to Mr Sossion on February 5 asking for a meeting to address promotion of teachers, career progression guidelines, performance management tools, teacher professional development courses and transfers.

Source: Daily Nation February 13, 2019 17:48 UTC