Veteran trade unionist Amdany removed from office, replaced

Embattled Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU) Uasin Gishu branch Secretary Richard Amdany has been officially removed from office, a notice from the Registrar of Trade Unions has revealed.

According to a signed letter by the Registrar of Trade Unions Ms Anne Kanake dated September 3, Amdany has been replaced by Hassan Wangero.

The one-paragraph letter was copied to the union’s National Secretary General Roba Duba (pictured).

While acknowledging receipt of the letter from the Registrar of Trade Union, Duba asked the more than 3,600 branch members to accord

Wangwero and his team maximum support as they perform their representative responsibilities bestowed upon them by the operation of he law.

 He copied the same letter to Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii, The county secretary public service board and the chief officer of finance.

Amdany’s ouster comes days after the union’s branch executive committee meeting met in Eldoret and recommended the removal of the Secretary and his subsequent replacement with Wangwero. Led by the branch chairman Isaac Kiptalam, the union officials accused Amdany of undermining their efforts to champion the rights of the county government workers.

Describing Amdany as a traitor, Kiptalam said that his ouster was long overdue, noting that he has been a stumbling block in their agitation for the improved welfare of the workers. “He has all along been spying on our branch meetings related to the plight of the county workers and betraying us to the county executive instead of standing with the union officials and the employees,” stated Kiptalam.

Kiptalam lamented that they had been wondering how their resolutions passed at previous closed-door meetings were finding their way to the governor even before they officially briefed him on their grievances. In his rejoinder, Amdany dismissed his ouster as inconsequential terming it short-lived as he vowed to fight back even if it meant seeking legal redress in court.