The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has issued fresh demands to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), warning the new leadership against allowing political interference in the employment and promotion of teachers.
KNUT National Deputy Chairperson Malel Lang'at argued that the involvement of politicians in teacher recruitment has sidelined deserving graduates, leaving thousands of trained teachers unemployed despite a shortage in schools.
Speaking in Kajiado, Lang'at maintained that merit and fairness must guide the process. "As a union, we are saying that teachers should be given priority and a chance to be employed without any bias that has been in place due to politics," he said.
He further claimed that politicians had gone as far as collecting employment letters directly from TSC offices and later distributing or "auctioning" them during public gatherings.
