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Three tribes have half of teaching jobs in Kenya, report shows

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Teachers' Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia before the National Assembly's PAC committee at the Parliament buildings, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

The three tribes that dominate nearly half of the teaching fraternity have been revealed in a new report released by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).

It is now emerging that the Kalenjin, Kikuyu and Luhya tribes take up nearly 50 per cent of the 406,860 teachers under the government's payroll.

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