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Over 343,000 trained teachers remain jobless despite TSC registration
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 08, 2025

CS Ogamba said the crisis stems from limited budgetary allocations and uneven teacher distribution across counties.

Teachers unions reject govt plan to reclassify hardship areas without consultation
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

They have now called on the government to halt the implementation of the reclassification and engage with the relevant stakeholders before proceeding...

TSC begins search for new CEO as Nancy Macharia’s tenure nears end
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

Macharia is scheduled to exit on June 30, 2025, bringing to a close a decade-long leadership that began in July 2015. She is currently serving her sec...

TSC declares over 2,000 teaching posts vacant in bid to fill staffing gaps
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 06, 2025

Out of the 2,014 vacancies,1,309 positions allocated for primary schools, 32 for junior schools and 673 for senior secondary schools.

MPs demand explanation from TSC over failure to employ teachers aged over 45
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 05, 2025

MPs condemned the commission’s continued disregard of the 2019 Employment and Labour Relations Court ruling, which found the age restriction discrimin...

In Eastleigh’s Somali cafés, spiced milk coffee is a sip of home and heritage
Margaret Wanjiru  |  May 05, 2025

Somali coffee is traditionally brewed with spices such as cardamom, cloves, and sometimes cinnamon, resulting in a deeply aromatic blend.

TSC urged to stop relying solely on KCSE grades in hiring teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 04, 2025

KNUT insists many qualified individuals are being unfairly locked out of the teaching profession despite having attained higher academic qualification...

Expired drugs, broken equipment: North eastern Kenya’s healthcare system on the brink
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 02, 2025

During a recent Senate Health Committee mission to Mandera, Wajir and Marsabit counties, the delegation, led by Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago, u...

Ruto: 20,000 intern teachers to be hired from January 2026
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 01, 2025

In addition to recruitment, he said the government is also investing in teacher development and welfare. Ruto revealed that Sh1.6 billion has been all...

Kenyatta University Hospital under fire over irregular staffing, retirement policy breaches
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 01, 2025

The committee’s review highlighted the need for strict adherence to the hospital’s policies and procedures, ensuring that such irregularities do not u...

KNUT, KUPPET clash over control of junior school teachers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

The union’s secretary-general, Collins Oyuu, maintained that the teachers should not be under KUPPET’s jurisdiction, as they are stationed in primary...

Senators call for probe into "flawed" teacher promotions by TSC
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

Senators want the TSC to explain whether an appeal mechanism was put in place for aggrieved teachers and how many complaints have been lodged and reso...

Teachers in hardship areas accuse Kuppet of neglect, demand increase in hardship allowance
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 22, 2025

They argue that the hardship allowance, being the only allowance specific to their working conditions, must be adjusted to reflect the daily struggles...

Teachers to receive non-pensionable allowances under new TSC reforms
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 23, 2025

The Bill proposes that while most of these allowances will be non-pensionable, the responsibility allowance will be pensionable if a teacher earns it...

KNUT slams TSC over political interference in teacher hiring process
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 20, 2025

Speaking during a press briefing, Oyuu decried what he termed as the TSC’s abdication of its legal role, saying the commission had surrendered its con...

TSC faces backlash from MPs over "skewed" teacher promotions
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Apr 19, 2025

Machakos County topped the list with 690 promotions, contrasting sharply with Garissa’s 303, the lowest among all counties.

Teachers demand 60% pay rise, improved working conditions in new CBA
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 18, 2025

KNUT has called on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to include the proposed pay rise, alongside a host of other demands, in the next CBA schedule...

Kenya land standoff sends warning to foreign-owned tea estates
Reuters  |  Apr 18, 2025

They say the land was gifted to them in 1986 by Eastern Produce Kenya. EPK, which is majority owned by London-listed Camellia Plc, says the gift was f...

Trade CS Kinyanjui warns politicians against remarks risking economic fallout with Sudan
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 16, 2025

Kinyanjui emphasised that Kenya's top tea consumers — among them Sudan, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan — are diplomatically delicate territories that must b...

MPs reject TSC’s teacher promotion list, citing bias, inequity and lack of transparency
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 16, 2025

The MPs argued that the promotions, which had been celebrated by some, were skewed and unfair, with certain counties benefiting disproportionately fro...

TSC says it needs Sh3 billion to promote over 178,000 stagnated teachers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 15, 2025

TSC Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia attributed the prolonged stagnation to years of underfunding, which she said had crippled the implementatio...

MPs want teacher redeployment policy scrapped amid concerns of discrimination
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 11, 2025

The delocalisation policy requires the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to transfer teachers to areas outside their place of origin to prevent confli...

Teacher detained for impersonating Ruto’s daughter on Facebook
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 10, 2025

Mainga was arraigned at the Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Court and is currently being held at the Capitol Hill Police Station in Nairobi pending a bail...

Commission demands answers as three die due to alleged oxygen disruption at Coast General Hospital
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 10, 2025

CAJ demanded a detailed report from the hospital, including the planned maintenance schedule and risk assessments conducted prior to the disruption.

MPs urge reversal of ban on transferring teachers outside their home counties
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 10, 2025

Macharia explained that the reversal of delocalisation has created a significant challenge in balancing teacher staffing across different regions.

TSC warns of worsening teacher shortage ahead of senior secondary school rollout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 08, 2025

According to TSC CEO Nancy Macharia, the situation is exacerbated by budget constraints that could impede the recruitment and promotion of teachers, f...

Family of four missing in Tsavo East National Park found safe after overnight search
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 08, 2025

The couple and their two children were located on Tuesday morning near Kabaguji Rangers Camp, north of the Yatta Plateau, nearly 50 kilometres from th...

MPs criticise government over unfair hardship area classification
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 03, 2025

The MPs argue that the zoning has led to an unequal distribution of teachers, as many seek transfers to hardship-designated regions to benefit from al...

Kuppet wants TSC to revoke over 25,000 teacher promotions, cites unfair distribution
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 02, 2025

KUPPET called for a review of the promotion process to ensure fairness, advocating for a merit-based approach that considers staffing levels in differ...

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