To: ALL Branch Executive Secretaries
Dear Colleagues,
NOTICE OF KNUT GENERAL ELECTIONS – 2021
We are in receipt of a letter (Attached) Ref. No.ML&SP/TU/ELECTIONS/2021 dated 25th September, 2020 addressed to ALL REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS among others by the Registrar of Trade Unions requiring all registered trade unions to carry out elections as follows:-
– Branch elections shall be held from 4th January, 2021 to 31st March, 2021
– National elections shall be held from 1st April, 2021 to 31st June, 2021
In line with the above, and in accordance with the KNUT Constitution, you are hereby informed that
• In order to contest in the upcoming KNUT General Elections you MUST be a paid up member of the Union for a continuous period of 5 years without arrears.
• In order to vote, you must produce evidence of membership with a payslip of not more than the previous 13 weeks and your name must be in the membership register.
The BEC is hereby directed to ensure regularization of members’ register and submitted to us for onward transmission to the Commissioner for Labour/the Registrar of Trade Union.
All the KNUT members are instructed to update their membership records as either through cash deposit or by issuing Standing Orders with your respective banks to be sending money to the gazetted KNUT Union Account at Moi Avenue Branch.
Our KCB Account Details are as follows:-
Account Name Kenya National Union of Teachers
Account No 1107218993
Bank/Branch KCB/Moi Avenue
Deposit payments to any account other than the above DO NOT QUALIFY YOU as a member.
Take note that the Union dues expected to be paid by members is exactly 2% of your basic salary.
Also, be informed that the list of the paid up members should be done in EXCEL FORMAT (as shown below) and forwarded to us through email address ict@knut.or.ke
TSC NO. NAME POSITION BRANCH
You will also be required to attach the deposit slips to confirm payment or a statement for those paying through Standing Orders.
Yours in service,
HON. WILSON SOSSION
SECRETARY GENERAL K.N.U.T.
