Sossion Denies Lobbying To Replace Magoha As Education CS

Sossion Denies Lobbying To Replace Magoha As Education CS

Wilson Sossion, former Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), has denied allegations that he is lobbying to be appointed Cabinet Secretary for Education.

The former ODM-nominated member of parliament told K24 that it is up to the President to determine who he will appoint to the position in his administration.

Sossion was instrumental in Dr. Ruto’s campaign under the Kenya Kwanza Alliance coalition, which led to his election as Kenya’s fifth president.

However, the unionist asserts that his work in Kenya Kwanza was limited to assisting in creating a manifesto and popularizing it and that he did not seek a cabinet position in Ruto’s administration.

He added that he had no predetermined deadlines and was not lobbying for a government position during the campaign.

Nevertheless, Sossion lauded Kenya Kwanza’s education charter as a crucial instrument for transforming the education sector and enhancing teacher welfare.

The ardent unionist resigned as KNUT Secretary-General in June of last year amidst internal disputes and icy relations with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

He has been at the forefront of KNUT politics since 2013, and he joined the National Assembly through the ODM Party in 2017 as a Nominated Member of Parliament.

Collins Oyuu, the former leader of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), was unanimously chosen to replace Wilson Sossion as the new commission’s Secretary General.

As the Kenya Kwanza administration replaces the Jubilee regime, one proposed reform is establishing a national education fund to collect grants, bursaries, and scholarships from private and public sponsors to cover non-tuition costs.

Under his education charter, Ruto intends to employ 58,000 teachers annually from among the more than 300,000 trained but unemployed teachers in the country to eliminate the deficit of 116,000 teachers in public schools within the next two fiscal years.

This is what he hopes to accomplish with the Ksh.25 billion that his government intends to invest in the plan.

Ruto proposes doubling funding for school feeding from Ksh.2 million to Ksh.4 million, constructing low-cost boarding schools in arid regions, and increasing the number of vocational training centers and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions.

In the interim, the former vice president will be sworn in as head of state on Tuesday, September 13, at the Moi International Sports Complex in Kasarani, a day that has been declared a national holiday.

Sossion Denies Lobbying To Replace Magoha As Education CS