Collins Oyuu has been elected the new Secretary-General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers taking over from Wilson Sossion who resigned on Friday a day before the union's national elections.
Oyuu who has been serving as the interim KNUT Chairman was elected unopposed during the union's election held at Ruaraka grounds in Nairobi on Saturday.
He will hold the position for the next five years.
Delegates of the union were voting for over 15 positions.
Sossion who is also a nominated Member of Parliament stepped down from his influential position that he has held since 2013 citing government's failure to support his leadership.
" In the interest of KNUT continuity and its membership, I hereby on June 25, 2021 bow out of KNUT leadership honorably. I shall remain loyal to KNUT and will always be available to advice and support the leadership of the union,” said Sossion.
In his statement, Sossion urged the government, not to weaken the giant teachers' union by failing to remit statutory contribution from members.
“I trust that the government of Kenya, as I exit, because that there has been this argument that as long as Sossion stays the government will not release union dues…. I’m making this passionate appeal that the government will find it necessary to allow union dues flow to KNUT so that the leadership and workers earn a salary,” he said.
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