The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to reconsider issues of promotion with immediate effect.
Speaking at Tenwek boys high school in Bomet County, the union’s Secretary-General Wilson Sossion said teachers have waited for job promotions for too long, adding that it is now time for the commission to honour the same.
He asked TSC to engage Parliament so that they can allocate funds for the promotion of the teachers after the labour court ruled that the development modules do not conform to the law.
Sossion opined that the government should now consider the plight of teachers as far as promotions are concerned to motivate them to perform better at different levels.
“We are ready to immediately engage with the TSC on implementation of the promotions and other related issues as directed by the court. We want the teachers' employer to set up a meeting as soon as Monday to discuss how to progress with the matter,” he said as quoted by Daily Nation.
Sossion, however, noted that should TSC decline to follow the court ruling, teachers will have no other option but to down their tools.
"We will not take any sideshows by the commission. We do not want to run teachers’ affairs through other courts as the issues have been settled through the Labour court," he added.