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Nakuru Court gives ultimatum to TSC boss over retired teachers' pay

Teachers Service Commission Chairperson Lydia Nzomo with CEO Gabriel Lengoiboni

The High Court has given Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Boss Gabriel Lengoiboni 30 days to pay retired teachers Sh16.7 billion or be jailed at Kamiti Maximum Prison.

In a sitting at the county yesterday, Lady Justice Janet Mulwa suspended Lengoiboni's committal to civil jail over the money which is part of Sh42.2 billion that more than 52,000 teachers, who retired in 1997, are claiming.

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