Another Huge Win For Francis Atwoli; strikes Doctorate

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli seem to be having a great 2018 so far.

Days after being re-elected as the vice-president of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in Denmark, the undisputed voice of workers was again all smiles today after being awarded a honorary doctorate degree by Masinde Muliro University for Science and Technology.

Atwoli was awarded a honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the University.


It seems to be a season of honorary degrees with President Uhuru Kenyatta alongside Opposition chief Raila Odinga also being conferred with honorary degrees from the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University for their March 9th handshake deal.

Cotu Boss Atwoli was last week elected as a titular member to the General Council of the ITUC to represent the East African region.

The delegates unanimously approved the decision, granting him another four-year term in the leadership of the ITUC, an organisation he is now serving as VP for the third term uninterrupted.

“The position you have just bestowed on me isn’t an easy one. You are sending me to war; to fight for working men and women wherever they are in the world,” he said in his acceptance speech.

“I am only your soldier whose actions will always come from you, the commanders, and I will never let you down. I will stand for your interests and put up my life for you always.”

Mr Atwoli is the Secretary-General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions, the VP of the International Labour Organization and the president of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity, which has its headquarters in Accra, Ghana.

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