Sossion receives backlash for saying Kenyan teachers best paid
Sossion receives backlash for saying Kenyan teachers best paid
A section of Kenyan teachers are unhappy with their former Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general Mr Wilson Sossion after his recent comment in a TV debate.
During a debate at NTV Mr Sossion said Kenyan teachers are among the best paid in Africa and only comparable with countries like South Africa.
“In fact compared to in terms of earnings Kenyan teachers compared to their peers in Africa I think they are doing fairly well, maybe they are only comparable to South Africa,” said Sossion.
He said almost every teacher can drive a car unlike in the past where teachers were languishing in abject poverty.
“Sometimes back before 2012 you would find very few teachers driving and owning cars but now almost every teacher can afford to buy a car,” said Sossion.
Sossion says he is happy to have led the struggles for enhancing teachers pay that made him sign a sh. 54 billion Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with Teachers Service Commission (TSC) during his tenure at Knut.
However his remarks did not augur well with some teachers who blamed Sossion for the woes teachers are undergoing
