An MP from Bomet County wants to know why there is disparity in the recent teacher promotions in the county.
Chepalungu MP Victor Koech Mandazi said following the recent interviews conducted by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for head teachers and principals, only four from the county were promoted while 57 positions were granted to teachers who are not from Bomet.
“This move is suspicious because we have numerous qualified teachers in Chepalungu and the whole county but to our surprise they were not promoted despite attending the interviews,” Koech said.
He was speaking in Parliament as he sought a statement from the chairperson of the Education Committee.
The MP added that these teachers are experienced and have been managing these learning institutions well, yet they were overlooked at the expense of those from outside the region.
“It is noted that the teachers have been involved in the running of these schools and contributing substantially in the growth of education in the county,” he said, recalling that the National Assembly had previously annulled delocalization yet it was happening in Bomet.
The youthful MP petitioned the education departmental committee to provide the reasons for the significant disparities in the teachers’ promotion and explain the ratio in the said promotions.
“We want to know what measures are being undertaken by the government to postpone the deployment of these teachers until adherence is observed,” said Koech.
The MP’s sentiments came a day when the teachers unions in the county protested the posting of 61 new school principals and head teachers to the region.
KUPPET and KNUT also want the TSC to halt with immediate effect their intended handing over ceremony, saying it was wrong to do so while the school administrators who have been running those institutions in acting capacities for long have not been confirmed.
Led by executive secretaries Paul Kimeto of KUPPET and Desmond Lang’at of KNUT, they required the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) to investigate the matter that only applies to Bomet County.
“We are wondering why the TSC is still delocalizing teachers yet the policy was removed when the Kenya Kwanza government came in,” Kimeto said, threatening to go into the streets in demonstrations to demand their rights.
“Our teachers are competitive and up to the task. We should allow them to grow just like the rest of the teachers in the country. They have a wealth of experiences,” Lang’at said.
The Knut boss also noted that there were no ‘leadership vacuums’ in their schools to warrant the posting of heads from other regions to help them out.
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