The war between the Kenya National Union of Teachers(KNUT) and the teachers employer  Teachers Service Commission (TSC) played out at the ongoing 15th annual Kenya Primary Schools heads association conference currently ongoing   in Mombasa.

TSC decided to walk out of the conference after KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion  showed up at the conference on Monday morning 'uninvited' and adressed the over 10,000 teachers attending the conference.

Immediately after the address, representatives of the TSC who had already mounted their tent at the venue as exhibitors unmounted the tent and walked out in protest.

According to a source who spoke to Ommy Dallah on condition of  anonymity, officials from TSC approached the KEPSHA chairman Nicholas Gathemia and questioned him why he allowed Sossion to address the teachers,

Sossion was not in the programme.

"Imagine they questioned why he allowed Sossion to speak yet he was not on the programme. They told the Chair he should have chased Sossion from the meeting since he was not invited" said the source.

"They even went ahead and unmounted their tent and threatened that their CEO Dr Nancy  Macharia will also not be part of the conference".

True to their threat, Macharia who was scheduled to address the teachers today (Wednesday) gave the conference a wide berth.

Sossion had to be squeezed in the programme and address the teachers. He said the giant KNUT has no problem with KEPSHA despite not being invited for the conference.

"Let me give my brother Sossion part of my time to address you teachers" said KEPSHA Chairman Nicholas Gathemia amid applause from the teachers.

In his speech Sossion demanded the end of centralised procurement of course books and a stop to teachers delocalisation, He also demanded that headteachers be allowed to join the union.

Education cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha officially opened on the conference yesterday, Tuesday.