President William Ruto is now facing a serious disagreement between the Central Organisation of Trade Unions–Kenya (COTU-K) and the State Department of Housing over how the housing levy funds are being used. The conflict is about the government’s plan to use the billions collected from the affordable housing levy to build other social facilities instead
Despite Kenya’s sustained economic expansion, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has issued a warning that five million Kenyans remain unemployed, indicating that the growth has not been able to sustain jobs. Atwoli highlighted that, although businesses thrive and infrastructure projects increase, five million Kenyans remain unemployed, with the majority of workers trapped in the informal
Francis Atwoli, the long-serving Secretary General of the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU), has said that Kenyans will only realise something is wrong with the country’s labour movement once he exits the stage. Speaking ahead of Labour Day 2025, Atwoli said that those who do not understand the operations of international trade union systems