We are not forming a political party, KNUT says

Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has denied reports that teachers are planning to form a political party ahead of the 2017 General Elections.

KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion refuted the claims, saying that the union is a professional organization only pursuing the interests of teachers without affiliation to any political organization.

The allegations are aligned to what Trans Nzoia KNUT Secretary George Makhino was quoted saying over the weekend, that the Union planned to join politics in 2017 in order to defend the rights of teachers.

In a statement released by COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli, he dismissed the allegations that KNUT plans to take over Labor Party of Kenya in order to create a third force  come in the 2017 elections.

In 2015 KNUT Trans Nzoia branch secretary Makhimo Waswa said that the teachers’ union would select a presidential candidate for next year’s general elections, who would address teachers grievances if elected.