- The deregistration was announced in a gazette notice dated July 10, 2026
- Once a teacher’s name is struck off the register, it cannot be reinstated unless the Commission itself directs otherwise
- TSC further warned that any school found to have hired a deregistered teacher would face penalties under the law
Seven teachers have been struck off the Register of Teachers after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) found them culpable through a disciplinary process, a move that bars them from setting foot in a classroom until, and unless, the Commission directs otherwise.
The deregistration was announced in a gazette notice dated July 10, 2026, in which TSC Acting Chief Executive Officer Evaleen Mitei cautioned schools and members of the public against engaging any of the affected individuals for teaching duties.
“In exercise of powers conferred by section 30 (1) (e) of the Teachers Service Commission Act Cap. 212 of the Laws of Kenya, the Commission wishes to notify the public that the persons whose names are specified in the schedule below have been removed from the Register of Teachers pursuant to the provisions of section 30 (2) of the Act,” the notice reads.
The action was taken under Section 30 (1) (e) of the Teachers Service Commission Act, Cap. 212 of the Laws of Kenya, which empowers the Commission to remove from its register teachers found liable of professional or legal misconduct following disciplinary proceedings.
Named in the notice is Mwandiku Christopher Mutinda, TSC No. 752098, whose case, registered as No. 0595/04/2024/2025, was concluded on February 25, 2026. Also deregistered are Oloo Felix Ouma, TSC No. 716232; Chardwick Ojwang Wafula, TSC No. 572981; and Adede George Ochieng, TSC No. 506152; Menza David Mthawali, TSC No. 544377; Kirui Gilbert Cheruiyot, TSC No. 981490; and Atsaya Rodgers Javutumi, TSC No. 386360.
Mitei stressed that deregistration is not a temporary sanction. Once a name is struck off the register, she said, it cannot be reinstated unless the Commission itself directs otherwise, and the affected teacher “shall cease to be a teacher for purposes of this Act with effect from the date of such removal.”
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The Commission reiterated that the law bars any person from engaging in teaching service without valid registration, and pointed to Regulation 18 (1) (c) and (d) of the Code of Regulations for Teachers, read alongside Section 45 of the Act, which criminalises teaching or assisting in teaching without registration.
The same provisions place schools and their administrators on the hook, too. Any institution or individual found to have knowingly hired or allowed an unregistered teacher to work commits an offence punishable by a fine of not less than Sh100,000, a jail term of up to two years, or both.
Under Section 30 of the Act, the TSC periodically purges its Register of Teachers of individuals found guilty of professional or legal misconduct, and Section 30 (2) obligates the Commission to publish the names of such teachers in the Kenya Gazette within one month of their removal, closing off any window for them to continue teaching in the interim.
Once struck off, a teacher immediately loses recognition under the Act and may not work in any public or private learning institution in the country. The only route back is a formal reinstatement decision by the Commission itself.
TSC further put school boards of management and heads of institutions on notice, warning that any school found to have hired a deregistered teacher would face penalties under the law.
By Masaki Enock
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