The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has proposed an amendment to the law to compel the government to scrap the current policy that denies teachers their benefits upon dismissal over disciplinary issues.
Speaking during a teachers' engagement forum in Kilifi County, KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu criticised the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for what he termed as a discriminatory practice of withholding benefits based on disciplinary grounds. "Our proposal as a union is that when you are dismissed for whatever reason, your behaviour should have nothing to do with your benefits.
You should be paid for the time you worked.
The benefits of a worker should not be pegged on their behaviour," Oyuu asserted. According to the TSC, teachers dismissed from service due to disciplinary issues are generally not entitled to pension benefits. A photo of KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu addressing the press during a past event.
