Two teachers from Matutu PAG secondary school who had been suspended from service for allegedly skipping lessons have a reason to smile after KNUT-Masaba branch announced its dissatisfaction and its subsequent plan to challenge the decision by the ministry in court.
Mr Eliud Nyagaka and his counterpart Solomon Ondimu had been suspended based on desertion of duty by TSC after school Principal James Matena called for their dismissal.
Speaking on Sunday at Nyakongo High School, branch Secretary General Mr James Oteki said the branch was keen to protect its members and vowed to file a case at Kisii High Court on Monday to compel TSC to revoke the suspension.
“Our members must be treated with dignity by the employer. Whenever an allegation comes up, thorough investigations ought to be done not just waking up from nowhere and dismissing people. We have secured legal services and we want TSC to respect our members,” he said.
According to him, the teachers in question had differed with the principal over denomination allegiance making them to violate the idea of teaching on Saturdays.
“In the first place, the government doesn’t encourage teaching on weekends so it’s really sad that they were dismissed after being faithful to their denomination. So we don’t want to engage into unnecessary exchanges yet we have courts around,” he added.
The two were served with letters of suspension from the service waiting for investigations early on July with the commission showing little efforts to start hearing something that has angered the teacher’s union.
However, Principal Mr Matena dismissed the application and accused the teachers of ‘neglecting duty’ during week days and not during weekends as the union argues.