Mudzo Nzili. He says he will not obey Sossion's orders. Photo|the-star.co.ke]The Kenya National Union of Teachers' (KNUT) Mudzo Nzili has maintained that he is still in office saying that the union secretary general Wilson Sossion has no powers to send him on leave as he no longer possesses such powers.Nzili said Sossion surrendered those powers when he took the oath of office as ODM nominated MP on August 30."He has no powers under Knut law to write to me or any other official a retirement letter because he is now an MP. There are so many Knut officials who resigned immediately they joined parliament but he (Sossion) has not," Nzili told KTN on Sunday evening during an interview.The chairman said that the only person whose instructions he will obey regarding his resignation is the deputy Secretary General Hesbone Otieno.Sossion announced on Sunday that he had sent Nzili on a six-month mandatory leave in line with the union’s constitution.Nzili, however, said his terminal leave is unprocedural and violates Knut's hand-over tradition by senior leadership. According to Nzili, he is supposed to remain in office until a National Delegates Conference is held."In this regard, the National Executive Council has scheduled the ADC to be held in Mombasa so that I have the chance to address the delegates for the last time and say goodbye," he added.Nzili said the whole debacle has caught him by surprise as he was working together with NEC in preparing speeches and handover notes during the ADC.

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