Standoff has been witnessed at the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) after other officials have denounced the strike withdrawal notice by the KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori.
According to reports, other officials within the union have claimed that the top officials betrayed them and teavhers by going behind their backs and calling off the strike without their knowledge.
KUPPET Officials from the broader regions of Central, Western, Rift Valley and Nyanza on Tuesday announced that the strike was still on and blamed Akello Misori for not following the necessary procedures while calling off the strike.
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Its on these grounds that the officials called for the immediate resignation of the Secretary General Akelo Misori for taking the decision which the officials argued is not in their members’ best intrests.
Led by Joseph Abicha, the KUPPET Kisii Branch Secretary General, the officials said that despite the strike withdrawal notice by Misori, the teachers strike is still on and teachers should keep off the classrooms.
“We have not called off the strike, the strike is still on, give us the minutes that show us that we called off the strike. We cannot be told that after calling off the strike we are going to meet and ratify, which one comes first?”
The teachers also insisted that Misori failed to inform the National Governing Council about the agreement with the government before any announcements were made to the media and the nation at large.
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“Teachers are not like electrical switches where you can have them on the road then you wake up one day to tell them to stop doing whatever they are doing. To the parents I know it has been a hard time for you, but we cannot promise what next as we are still pressing on until all our demands are met.”