Police summon Sossion for alleged incitement

Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary General Wilson Sossion address the media on January 8, 2015. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE |

What you need to know:

  • If Sossion fails to present himself to Head of Investigations at CID headquarters Joseph Ngisa, then he risks prosecution, warns the summon note.
  • Some teachers from the northeastern region had been spending nights in the boardroom of his office and later camping outside the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) offices during the day demanding to be transferred to safer regions.
  • About 1,000 teachers who work in the region have requested to be transferred to other areas, citing insecurity but Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has turned down their requests, insisting that they must report to their respective schools or face disciplinary measures.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general Wilson Sossion has been ordered to appear for questioning at CID headquarters on Monday for allegedly inciting teachers.

The Knut boss will be questioned for allegedly inciting teachers working in the northeastern region not to return to work over insecurity.

If Sossion fails to present himself to Head of Investigations at CID headquarters Joseph Ngisa, then he risks prosecution, warns the summon note.

Mr Sossion had previously said he would not honour the summons order insisting teachers working in northeastern should not return to work until the government assures them of security.

He has insisted on a meeting with security agencies before the teachers can report to their work stations.

Some teachers from the northeastern region had been spending nights in the boardroom of his office and later camping outside the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) offices during the day demanding to be transferred to safer regions.

About 1,000 teachers who work in the region have requested to be transferred to other areas, citing insecurity but Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has turned down their requests, insisting that they must report to their respective schools or face disciplinary measures.

Learning in schools in northeastern has been paralysed as teachers who are not originally from the region continue to stay away fearing attacks.

The area has witnessed a mass exodus of workers, especially civil servants working in the health and education sectors, after two terrorist attacks last year left more than 60 people dead.

28t people were killed in the first attack when Al-Shabaab militants raided a Nairobi-bound bus and shot passengers dead near the Kenya-Somalia border.

Most of those killed were teachers and other civil servants travelling to other parts of the country for the Christmas holidays.