Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion at a press conference on July 01,
2015. He said teachers will join civil servants to protest NHIF rates.
PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Teachers country-wide will join civil servants to protest the National Insurance Health Fund rates.
Kenya
National Union of Teachers Secretary General Mr Wilson Sossion on
Friday Evening announced members will go on strike at a prize giving day
at Eldama Ravine Primary Boarding School in Baringo County.
Mr
Sossion, who is also the president of Trade Unions Congress said the
only way to avert the looming strike is for the government to revert to
the old rates.
“The government should also refund all
the deductions it has effected since the rates were increased to Sh1700
per month failure to which we will paralyse all government functions
including learning in schools,” he said.
The Knut Secretary General said sacking civil servants who are protesting the rates would only aggravate the situation.
Member of the Kenya University Staff Union and the Dock Workers Union have been on strike since Thursday.
Mr Sossion said dock workers have been threatened with the sack and dared Kenya Pipeline Authority to make good its threat.
“Dock
workers should know that the entire civil service is supporting them
and we will ensure that they are not victimised,” he said.
Mr Sossion said Knut had entered into a partnership with AON Minet to offer comprehensive medical cover to all its members.
He urged all teachers to sign for the cover regardless of whether the government will reduce the NHIF deduction or not.
Mr
Sossion also said he had written a letter to Teachers Service
Commission issuing a five-day notice for the commission to sign the new
Collective Bargain Agreement in respect to the new salary increment
awarded by the High Court.
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