Teachers to vote against Uhuru's administration in 2017
Teachers are said to be planning to vote out President Uhuru’s regime
– Teachers two options are: field a presidential candidate or support opposition
– The say 2017 will be payback time for their frustrations
Teachers’ threat to vote against President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration in the 2017 general election could be a reality, a local paper has reported.
KNUT is apparently planning to field its secretary general Wilson Sossion as a presidential candidate or support an opposition candidate in the coming polls.
“We want to take Sossion to state house and put to an end to a regime that does not value its workers; only good at crafting ways of robbing the country through corruption,” said Trans-Nzoia Knut executive secretary George Makhino as quoted by The Star.
The paper reported that the teachers union leaders could take over the Labour Party of Kenya and use it as their political vehicle for the 2017 general election.
Teachers’ rebellion against the government has already been witnessed in Kericho ahead of the senatorial by-election set for March 7.
KNUT Kericho branch officials vowed to teach Jubilee a lesson by supporting the coalition’s opponent in the county’s senatorial by-election. They declared their support for KANU candidate Paul Sang who is up against Jubilee’s Aaron Cheruiyot.
According to the KNUT officials, ensuring that Jubilee does not recapture the seat left vacant after Chrles Keter’s appointment to the cabinet would be a perfect pay back for the frustrations that teachers have suffered under Uhuru’s regime.
In November 2015, at the height of the teachers salary row, Wilson Sossion warned Uhuru that Trade Unions Congress of Kenya will campaign against him.
“We are not going to be observers in 2017. We are telling all the Wanjikus that we can’t sit and see you suffer with heavy taxation while a few elected people sit there just to steal… all workers will come together and vote for real change in this beautiful country,” Wilson Sossion said at a press conference in Kisumu.
Teachers fell out with the administration following Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) refusal to implement a 50-60% salary increment that was awarded by a labour court. TSC successfully appealed against the June 2015 ruling.
Image: PSCU
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