Kenya Union of Post Primary School Teachers Secretary General Akelo Missori has said the union will sue the Teachers Service Commission if it takes action against school heads accused of being part of examination malpractice.
Missori on Sunday in Meru accused TSC of harassing head teachers on allegations of taking part in exam malpractices.
"If TSC goes ahead to discipline our teachers, this time round we are going to court so that the truth will be unveiled. Because I think it is only the court which can compel the parties to bring the evidence that they have," Missori said.
The KUPPET boss said they would want Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, TSC and the Kenya National Examination Council to be on the dock if the matter proceeds to court.
Additionally, Missori decried the move by the ministry to transfer supervisors to different centres during this year's national exam period.
He said the frequent transfers of the centre managers are an inconvenience.
"For the first time, supervisors are being transferred. One week you are in this station then the other week you are in another station. They don't even consider the kind of disruption that the teachers suffer," Missori said.
"If you have been given the job of supervision in a station close to where you live then when you are taken to the next station they don't consider that."
Further, KUPPET criticised the government for allegedly mishandling the teachers who provide the best services in their jobs in different schools in the country.
"Members who are handling the Junior Secondary School learners have been subjected to a very unconducive learning environment. These heads of institutions are handling our members wrongly," KUPPET Meru Executive Secretary Peter Karuti said.
Karuti said primary school heads ought to handle the teachers in JSS better.
In a circular on August 7, as the ministry was preparing to administer the 2023 national exams, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia had warned that any teacher caught aiding in exam malpractice would face severe disciplinary measures.