Central Organization of Trade Union (COTU) Secretary-General Francis Atwoli on Thursday, November 19 insulted Uasin Gishu Education County Director Gitonga Mbaka.
Mbaka hit the headlines after Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha insulted and blamed him for the poor state of Langas Primary School.
Atwoli reinforced Magoha's controversial remarks before adding insults of his own.
The COTU boss claimed that the education official was ill-prepared to host Magoha and appeared clueless during the inspection tour.
"The man appeared not to know anything whether the Cabinet Secretary was coming or not, what an indisciplined officer was that.
"Even if it were me, I would have insulted him 'wewe ni mshenzi sana na yeye ni shenzi' (you are very stupid, and indeed he is stupid)," noted Atwoli.
The COTU Sec-Gen went ahead to support Magoha for insulting Mbaka, a move that has since attracted backlash from the public.
Atwoli went ahead to recount how back in the day officials would spare a number of days to prepare to host either a Minister or the President.
He noted that during Mbiyu Koinange's helm at the Ministry of Education all schools in Butere and Khwisero were sparkling clean ahead of his visit.
Atwoli criticised the move by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to summon Mbaka and record a statement on the incident.
"I want to ask the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to keep off, I reported a case to EACC involving billions of NSSF money in 2012 and recorded a statement.
"Up to date nobody knows how that case ended, now when they hear flimsy issues on the CS they rush to investigate, why are you investigating an obvious matter?" asked Atwoli.
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