ODM MP Kaluma Pokes Holes into Biased TSC Recruitment
Peter Kaluma, member of parliament for Homabay Town, raised the alarm on Saturday regarding the Teachers Service Commission’s (TSC) allegedly biased recruitment of tutors.
The lawmaker asserted that teachers from Mount Kenya obtain employment almost immediately after graduation and questioned why the situation differs in other regions.
In addition, he asserted that teachers from Luo Nyanza and Ukambani are treated unfairly during TSC recruitment cycles.
Kaluma continued by stating that it was improper to hire and deploy teachers from regions deemed favorable and dispatch them to assignments where teachers remain unemployed.
In addition, he asserted that politicians have seized control of TSC recruitment.
“The teachers-recruitment exercise has been taken over by UDA politicians leaving TSC as bystanders in its core function,” he complained.
Therefore, the representative advocated for equitable recruitment to represent Kenya.
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“Going forward, teachers should be employed on a first-to-graduate, first-to-be-employed basis. And with the removal of the “delocalization” policy, let teachers teach in their home areas, he stated.
In addition, he suggested that an audit be conducted on all 60,000 instructors hired by the current administration.
According to TSC data presented to the National Assembly Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Cohesion in March, the maximum number of registered teachers are Kalenjin and Kikuyu.
Kalenjins (59,538), Kikuyus (59,010), Luhyas (52,882), Luos (40,657), and Kambas (39,807) comprised the largest proportion of teachers employed by TSC at the time, according to the report.
The CEO of the TSC, Nancy Macharia, explained that the unequal distribution was the result of incessant prodding by members of Congress.
“The commission wanted to employ and deploy according to the needs of regions but the committee rejected that model and said teachers should be shared equally to all counties and our hands were tied,” Macharia complained.
ODM MP Kaluma Pokes Holes into Biased TSC Recruitment