THE Kenya National Union of Teachers officials in Kakamega county have asked headteachers not to discriminate against teachers who took part in the recently ended strike.
County union chair Patrick Chungani yesterday said headteachers should not forward names of teachers who were absent during the strike because they were also out of their work stations and cannot purport to report their colleagues to the employer.
"We are warning principals of learning institutions in Kakamega against submitting information about teachers who were absent during the strike. It is obvious that all teachers including head teachers were on strike and that is why schools were closed," said Chungani.
Chungani said in Kakamega that the union has asked all head teachers to read the return to work formula the union signed with the government that promised that no teacher would be victimized.
He said teachers cannot be punished for taking part in a legal strike adding teachers will not be intimidated.
"The contempt of court issue was solved in the courts and the union was fined and teacher should again be punished when the union has already paid for their sins," he added.
Yesterday, Chungani said that the head teachers were part of the beneficiaries of the deal signed between Knut and TSC and should not accept to be used to weaken the union.
The Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) has written to the TSC advising that the commission not to pay teachers' their July salaries saying doing so would be illegal.
The teachers' union has since asked the commission to stop interfering with TSC operations.
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