Former and present officials of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) from Kisii and Nyamira have continued to congratulate former KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion on his appointment as Commissioner of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
The latest is former Gucha Branch Executive Secretary Sammy Nyairo.
Nyairo expressed optimism that Sossion will streamline the Commission, which has faced accusations and counter-accusations between teachers and their bosses over missing files and delayed services.
“He is a straightforward and stern man when it comes to service delivery, and we hope he will clean that office,” Nyairo said.
Nyairo spoke at Mogonga on Sunday during a meeting of teachers’ opinion leaders from the larger Gucha region. He asked the TSC to iron out problems facing retirees, whose pensions have become a challenge for affected teachers.
He asked the Commission to find a free-flowing system, especially through modern technology, under which old teachers can solve their pension claims on the phone.
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Wilson Sossion was formally appointed as a member of the Teachers Service Commission by President William Ruto through Special Gazette Notice No. 14000 dated August 31, 2026, under Article 250(2) of the Constitution and Section 8(10) of the TSC Act.
He was appointed alongside Antonina Lentoijoni, former TSC Director of Staffing, to fill vacancies left by Commissioners Mbage Njuguna Ng’ang’a and Leila Abdi Ali whose six-year non-renewable terms expired on May 2, 2026.
The appointment followed recruitment advertised on April 28, 2026, vetting by the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education chaired by Tinderet MP Julius Melly, and unanimous approval by Parliament on August 25, 2026. Both were sworn into office on September 10, 2026, before Chief Justice Martha Koome at the Supreme Court.
As a Commissioner for a six-year non-renewable term, Sossion joins the nine-member constitutional commission that is mandated to manage teacher registration, recruitment, deployment, promotion, transfer and discipline across public schools in Kenya.
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In his first public address after swearing-in at Kajiado on September 19, Sossion said, “Services in the TSC are free, and your employer represents integrity. No teacher should have to pay for employment, transfer or promotion,” and pledged to push for prompt payment of pensions for retiring teachers.
By Enock Okong’o
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