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Seven tribes scooped almost all new teaching jobs

TSC Chief Executive Nancy Macharia (left) before the Senate Committee on National Cohesion and Regional Integration on May 30, 2023. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Seven communities got almost 90 per cent of the 20,990 teaching jobs recently awarded.

A Teachers Service Commission (TSC) audit shows that Kalenjin, Luhya, Kikuyu, Kamba, Luo, Kisii and Meru communities dominated the list of the new teachers.

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