Kenya: KNUT Rejects State's Affordable Housing Plan

10 December 2018

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has rejected plans to deduct 1.5 percent of teachers' salaries to help finance the low-cost housing scheme, saying they are already poorly paid.

A report by Knut set to be discussed at the 61 annual delegate's conference set to start on Wednesday in Nairobi, indicates that most teachers have taken loans and any further deductions will be punitive to them.

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