The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has assured its members of a better 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) as it prepares to engage the government in negotiations.
Secretary General Collins Oyuu said they have engaged technocrats to draft a new CBA, which he says has the interest of teachers at heart as its key focus is on a monetary component.
“For the record, KNUT did not go on strike. We only withdrew a strike notice, so we still stand firm as a strong union,” he said, noting that matters affecting teachers remain the union’s priority, thus the push for a new CBA.
“We must fast track the content of this CBA and we are using technocrats, serious consultants, who have come up with serious matters affecting our teachers,” he told the press in Kisumu.
Oyuu highlighted career progression guidelines as a key agenda as teachers have stagnated in one job group for years, a situation he termed unlawful.
“We must deal with the career progression guidelines and put our foot forward for a proper CBA,” he said.
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Speaking after a meeting with Nyanza Regional KNUT Council, Oyuu said the union was monitoring the implementation of the 2021/2024 CBA.
“A strike is the last weapon, the last bullet in our gun, that is why we did not go to the streets,” he said, refuting claims that they were compromised not to follow through the strike notice.
He said delegates will meet towards the end of the year in order to chart the way forward so that all outstanding issues affecting its members will be dealt with ‘blow by blow’.
By Fredrick Odiero
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