{"id":132459,"date":"2026-02-27T16:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sossion-set-for-knut-secretary-general-comeback-after-appellate-court-rules-deregistration-as-teacher-unlawful\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:03:03","slug":"sossion-set-for-knut-secretary-general-comeback-after-appellate-court-rules-deregistration-as-teacher-unlawful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sossion-set-for-knut-secretary-general-comeback-after-appellate-court-rules-deregistration-as-teacher-unlawful\/","title":{"rendered":"Sossion set for KNUT Secretary General comeback after appellate court rules deregistration as teacher unlawful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 \u2013 The Court of Appeal has ruled that the deregistration and termination of veteran teacher and former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) leader Wilson Sossion was unlawful, a decision that could pave the way for his bid as secretary-general in the upcoming April union elections.<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court found that the processes leading to Sossion\u2019s dismissal violated employment laws, reinforcing the protection of teachers\u2019 rights under Kenya\u2019s legal framework.<\/p>\n<p>Sossion, who previously served as KNUT secretary-general, now stands eligible to contest for the union\u2019s top position, with the April elections fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>The decision is seen as a major boost for his supporters, who have long advocated for his reinstatement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 \u2013 The Court of Appeal has ruled that the deregistration and termination of veteran teacher and former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) leader Wilson Sossion was unlawful, a decision that could pave the way for his bid as secretary-general in the upcoming April union elections. The appellate court found that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}