How KUPPET, KNUT incumbents outmaneuvered rivals ahead of key elections

KNUT Secretary-General Collins Oyuu. [File, Standard]

The race for control of teachers’ unions is now shaping up in favour of the incumbents as they lock out some of the top opponents, quietly clearing their return to office.

In both the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), the contest for the influential Secretary-General position has been narrowed by eligibility rules, limiting who appears on the ballot.

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