Teachers in Bungoma have asked Knut secretary general Wilson session to make peace with TSC boss Nancy Macharia.
Branch secretary Kenneth Nganga said the bad blood between the two was bad for the union.
“Our secretary Sossion should rethink his had stand and reach out to Macharia for a truce. Their bad blood is costing the union,” he told the Star in his office.
Nganga said ever since the two started their wars, TSC had scrapped many teachers' remittances to the union.
“As a unionist, you must to know when to fight and when to negotiate, which is what we are calling upon our leader to do,” Nganga said.
The Teachers Service Commission has delisted Sossion as a teacher and banned him from the profession.
Macharia said in a gazette notice dated October 29 that Sossion, TSC number 340096, will never teach in any Kenyan public or private school.
“Pursuant to section 30 of the TSC Act, the Commission has removed the name of the individual named here under [Sossion] from the Register of Teachers. Further, under the law, the individual cannot engage in teaching in any school,” read the gazette notice.
The development was a blow for Sossion who had survived removal from his union officials through the courts.
Nganga said the bad blood between the two had made most members leave the union and the branches were feeling the heat with low remittances.
“The monthly deductions are very first dwindling and rival unions are taking advantage by poaching Knut members,” he said.
He said if a truce is not reached most branches will be unable to carry out their operations.
Nganga at the same time faulted the 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school, saying it was of no meaning if there was not similar transition from secondary to colleges.
“What is the meaning of having 100 per cent transition to secondary school with 11 per cent transition from secondary to colleges ,” he said.
