The idea to come up with Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers – KUPPET Kenya was hatched in 1985 when the undergraduate education students at Kenyatta University agitated for better terms and conditions of service for graduate teachers entering the teaching service. Initially teachers were discriminated in employment status on first appointment since other professions were recruited on higher job groups by the government. The first move to register the Union in 1993 was thwarted when a rival union obtained court orders to stop its registration. However in 1998 on 26th November, under TU/136 registration number the Union was registered.