WILSON SOSSION LANDS IN NEW TROUBLE

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion has been de-registered as a teacher.

This is after a Nairobi Employment and Labor Relations Court dismissed his attempt to save his position as a teacher within the corridors of justice after a similar attempt in 2019 flopped.

The decision by Justice Stephen Radido is set to be a huge blow for a man who has been at the helm of the teacher’s union since 2016 and had already started plans for Knut national elections.

It however remains to be seen whether the latest judgement is the final nail in Sossion’s bittersweet career after years of a frosty relationship between the Knut and Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

In his judgement, Justice Radido maintained that the decision by TSC to deregister him as a teacher is distinct from the termination of his services as a teacher.

“Hon Sossion did not directly challenge the process leading to the removal of his name from the register of teachers,” said Justice Radido.

In his suit, Sossion had challenged the decision by TSC to remove him from the teacher’s register through a gazette notice.

The Knut Secretary-General had also been hoping that the court would declare the regulations his employer relied on to deregister him as null and void and inconsistent with Article 38 of the constitution.

By The Standard