The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has issued as strike notice following a move by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to transfer over 3,000 head teachers.
Addressing the media at KNUT headquarters, the union's Secretary General Wilson Sossion noted that TSC is no longer accountable to teachers.
Sossion claimed that TSC is wallowing in deep confusion and mishandling teachers of the Republic of Kenya.
According to Sossion, at least 3,000 transfers had not been approved by the TSC appointment board.
"We have authoritatively established that the 3,094 transfers have not been approved by the appointment board," he said.
KNUT, therefore claims that the transfer is irregular, and have threatened to go on strike in January.
"TSC are living in denial and we can't allow them to run away with this illegality... Teachers shall be promoted on account of merit performance.
"TSC had disappeared only to reappear with the same directive that we had contested. We are withdrawing labour to protest withdrawal of the rights of teachers to promotions on account of merit, long service and new and relevant higher qualifications," Sossion said.
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