Kenya national union of teachers, KNUT, has moved to reassure its members and tutors who wish to enlist in the union that there is no cause for alarm in the union as it has mended its frosty relations with the teacher service commission, TSC.

KNUT secretary general Collins Oyuu said the lost glory of the once giant teachers’ union is back as thousands of teachers have re-joined the union in the ongoing recruitment drive aimed to register at least 150,000 new members.

“We know it’s true we cannot hide that the membership of the Kenya national union of teachers, KNUT really went down drastically especially when KNUT had an infight with the teacher’s service commission, TSC,” said KNUT secretary general Collins Oyuu.

Speaking in Busia county, KNUT secretary general Collins Oyuu said that KNUT Has improved working ties with TSC.

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“We cannot attest the fact that members are back to the union and we are really good to go. Last week alone, I did not mention that we received 26,000 applications. That is not a small number in one week. You can imagine what would happen in the subsequent weeks,” he added.

Oyuu expressed confidence that KNUT has restored its lost glory and that soon, the original membership will be attained.

“I expect that by around 5^th of February, we shall be back to normal because the 26,000 just came from three regions. One region being a very small region, north eastern region, central region and western region.Nyanza, rift valley, coast have not presented their forms and I know when they presen their forms, we shall reach over 150,000 members,” said the hopeful Oyuu.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has rolled out a recruitment drive to increase its membership.

The union is also luring back teachers who exited the union over its frosty relations with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

From a national membership of about 300,000 teachers, the union was reduced to a pale shadow of its former self with the massive exit of teachers who cited frustrations owing to the bad relationship between the union and their employer.

The union’s woes were deepened by leadership wrangles that led to the exit of its Secretary-General Wilson Sossion, a nominated MP.

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The union’s Trans Nzoia chapter Secretary-General George Wanjala on Saturday convened a meeting of leaders from the eight regions in the county with the aim of solving issues that led to many members leaving the union.

Union representatives drawn from Cherang’any, Kaplamai, Township, Kwanza, Endebess, Saboti, Kiminini, and Central regions joined the steering committee that comprised the union chair, secretary, treasurer, and their deputies.

Wanjala noted that the mass exodus was occasioned by TSC’s move to promote teachers who were non-members of the union at their expense.

He, however, disclosed that the union had improved its working ties with TSC and that all teachers, whether in the union or outside, were getting promotions without segregation.

“We are all aware that we had a poor working relationship with TSC but we have put efforts to improve on this, and it is progressing well. We want to assure our members and those who wish to enlist that there is no cause for alarm in the union as we have mended our fences with TSC,” said Wanjala.