The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion. [Photo: nation.co.ke]The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary-general Wilson Sossion on Sunday turned down an ODM nomination offer to the National Assembly. This comes ahead of a meeting of the union's top decision-making organ this Thursday.According to Monday's Daily Nation, the 44-member Knut National Executive Council had asked Sossion to choose between remaining at the union or joining Parliament.Sossion, who had vowed to remain as Knut spokesman and ODM nominated MP, made the announcement at the swearing-in ceremony of Baringo Governor Stanley Kiptis. Kiptis was Eldama Ravine Knut executive secretary."It is true that I was proposed for nomination. We are happy for the affirmation slot for workers but I propose that ODM nominates someone else," Sossion said as quoted by Daily Nation.The paper notes that Sossion's decision to remain at Knut, where he controls a Sh1.5 billion annual budget, is expected to cool political differences at the union.Knut chairman Mudzo Nzili and treasurer John Matiang’i had criticised Sossion for taking sides in the country's political battles without seeking members' opinions.

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