The Kenya Union of Technical and Vocational Education Trainers (KUTVET) has issued a 4-day deadline to the government over a planned payroll transfer for technical trainers.
Speaking during a press briefing on Wednesday, November 11, KUTVET Secretary General Kefa Ogui said the union will call a strike from next Wednesday if the government turn down the plans.
“We cannot allow trainers at the technical institutions to be paid by the colleges instead of a structured government system. We are giving them 4 days to withdraw all those plans,” Ogui stated.The union wants the government to withdraw all the proposals that would move the payment and employment from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to national polytechnic councils.
Ogui warned that the whole plan could put learning and exam marking in all TVET centres in jeopardy if the correct procedures are not followed.
“We are going to paralyse exam marking and all learning-related activities in all TVET centres until the correct procedures are undertaken,” Ohui added.
The dispute affects roughly 10,000 to 12,000 public TVET trainers across Kenya, according to the union.
Kenyans.co.ke learned that the stalemate originates from three draft documents developed by the government without adequate consultation with the union.
The union argues that national polytechnics lack the financial muscle and institutional structures to manage trainers'
