Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary General Collins Henry Oyuu has revealed plans to form a federation of teacher unions in Kenya.
Addressing teachers during the Teso Branch 18th Annual General Meeting at KNUT Hall in Amagoro on Friday, Oyuu, who was the Chief Guest, said teachers around East African have a federation, thus the need to do the same in Kenya.
“The only way forward for teachers in Kenya is to seek one frontier in a bid to have one single federation,” Oyuu noted.
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Oyuu said teachers are suffering, with young teachers going a notch higher in borrowing, noting that mental illness among them is caused by debts.
Teso South Member of Parliament Mary Emaase said there was a need to motivate teachers, remarking that there was urgent need of the Teachers Service Commission to absorb all interns and to employ 20,000 teachers to reduce the current deficit.
The MP also urged the National Treasury to pay retirees their benefits instead of travelling to Nairobi, warning it against amorphous deductions of Ksh200.
By Godfrey Wamalwa
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