A group of teachers from Masaba North sub-county have accused a senior KNUT official of allegedly using the resources of the group to attend functions which are not stipulated in the group’s constitution.
Led by Elijah Ongusi of Gekano secondary school during a fundraising, they accused Secretary General, James Oteki of allegedly using the union’s funds to campaign for a local politician.
They threatened a motion of no confidence if the official failed to respond to key issues and budget that was allegedly not reflected in the union’s accounts.
“We have evidence that the official is using the resources to campaign for a local politician and this is unacceptable. He must respond to the misappropriation of Sh500,000 that even the treasurer failed to respond to recently. We have evidence that he is camp [aligning for a local politician using our remittances,” he said.
According to them, the secretary general had used his powers to silence other officials after the scam emanated in late July and the officials are said to have gone mum.
“He is luring other officials to support him and even the treasurer failed to account for the money. He has to respond to the issues or us ouster him,” he added.
The veteran union leader when contact via phone Oteki denied the claims but admitted that the money in question was used to arrange funerals and attend education functions in the last one year.
“I have never defrauded teachers all this time I have been in the union. The money in question was used for various functions but not political. The treasurer will soon publish the figures for accountability,” he said.