As the country moves closer to adopting Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2025, which proposes the partial divestiture of 15 per cent of the Government’s equity in Safaricom PLC, Kenyan workers have supported this bold move by President William Ruto. The move seeks to realise the implementation of a martial plan to transform our country into a modern society that has been long overdue. For starters, the proposed Safaricom partial divestiture will reduce the State’s shareholding from 35 per cent to 20 per cent, with the stated objective of mobilising approximately Sh204 billion in non-tax revenues. The proceeds are intended…
Author: By Francis Atwoli
COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli at Solidarity Building, Nairobi on April 26, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Recently, a number of articles have been written by journalists about how Cotu and I have morphed since 2001. I wish to set the record straight and, with a lot of humility, educate the public about the transformation that has taken place in the labour movement. Since I joined trade unionism in September 1967, I have had the privilege to serve Kenyan workers in different positions before my ascendance to the helm of Cotu in 2001. In my 58 years in trade unionism, I…