KUPPET, KNUT clash over union membership of 10,250 junior school teachers

More than 10,000 teachers deployed to junior schools (JS) have found themselves at the centre of an escalating dispute between the country's two largest teachers' unions, raising fresh questions about their professional identity, labour rights and career progression.The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has accused the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) of frustrating efforts by 10,250 teachers seeking to leave the union and join its ranks.