Kirinyaga JSS teachers have urged the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on job appointments.
Speaking on yet another day of demonstrations today, their chairman Josephat Kariuki urged the EACC to investigate as there is a lot of corruption in the hiring of teachers.
Kariuki wondered how graduates of 2022/2023 have jobs while those from 2012-2021 do not.
Sporting the hashtag #confirm and compensate, the teachers have vowed not to go to class until they are employed on permanent terms.
“As JSS teachers from Kirinyaga we call upon the EACC to investigate TSC on job placements. It can’t be that teachers who graduated from 2012-2022 are still tarmacking while a teacher who graduated in 2022-2023 has a permanent job. This shows corruption and rot in the commission,” said Kariuki.
Moses Gachoki, another teacher, pointed out that the current government is rotten, accusing Education CS Ezekiel Machogu of issuing appointment letters to teachers from his area at funerals, while advising other regions to contact their MPs.
“It’s very unfortunate that CS Machogu is dishing out letters in funerals in Kisii when needy teachers have been told to approach their area MPs to get appointment letters. EACC should also investigate him; this is corruption of the highest order,” Gachoki said.
Gachoki said threats issued will not cow them to call off demonstrations or even make them go back to class, saying their strike is protected by the constitution.
“We have received threats that are not going to make us cowards. Our strike is protected by the constitution. If TSC followed the court order then we wouldn’t be in the streets,” Gachoki added.
The teachers have said the current leadership can only listen to one voice; the voice of demonstrations.
Anniel Kamau, a parent, said that the government has to respect teachers, claiming that a middleman in the livestock business in Kutus town can earn more in two days than a teacher in a month.
“As parents we support the strike. Let the government listen to our teachers. I earn more than what a teacher earns at end month. Pay them well for good results,” said Kamau.
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