Embattled Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General, Wilson Sossion, was thrown out of the union after a night meeting was secretly convened by officials on Wednesday, August 28.
The Standard reported that KNUT officials, knowing that Sossion was relentless in his fight to stay in power, brilliantly crafted his downfall and executed the plot dubbed Plan B.
True to their fears, Sossion had already obtained orders stopping the meeting, by the time some of the National Executive Council (NEC) members were travelling from their respective counties on Wednesday evening.
"All along we have been meeting, and we know him very well. Sossion is predictable and we knew he would rush in the last minute to cancel the meeting he had called and that is what caused [sic] us to have the fallback plan," a senior official told The Standard.
The meeting, therefore, stood suspended due to the court order. However, the conspirators of Sossion's ouster were already a step ahead as they had anticipated the move. They had secretly initiated a parallel motion and on Tuesday, August 27, filed a separate call for a special NEC meeting.
They listed an agenda which was different from the original plan and asked for another sitting to be held on Thursday, August 29.
This calculated move was hidden from Sossion's knowledge to prevent him from seeking another court order.
Deputy Secretary-General, Hesborn Otieno Agolla, who is authorised by the constitution to act in the absence of the Sossion, was mandated to call the meeting.
The officials, including Chairman Wycliffe Omucheyi, Treasurer John Matiang'i and Agolla unleashed their secret card after Sossion suspended the meeting on Wednesday.
The officials brought aboard other NEC leaders who from across the country and held a meeting that lasted more than four hours and ensured that their plan was executed.
The secret sitting was underway as another parallel one, discussing how to save Sossion's job, was being held at Kilimani by the troubled general's ardent supporters. Sossion had pinned his hopes on the Kilimani meeting.
According to the NEC officials who ousted Sossion, he was a liability due to the fact that he was always at loggerheads with the government and Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
"Our members are suffering because we have not had a good labour relationship with all those who matter in government. He has used bad language against Education CS George Magoha and has abused the Office of the President," Agolla revealed.
