A United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Member of Parliament has come out to point out the rot in promotions that is going on at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over the last several years.
The UDA and Mbeere North MP Geofrey Ruku, has revealed that promotions at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) do not happen based on competence or eligibility but are proceeds of corruption.
While speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, the vocal MP admitted that some of his friends have benefitted from the corruption rot in the TSC and called for overhaul of the entire commission.
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“I have my classmates who I schooled with and are teachers. They have admitted to going through difficult situations in search for a promotion and offered bribes several times.”
Revealing how it’s done, the MP revealed that there is a system of cartels and agents who don’t work with TSC but collect money on behalf of the commission to avoid traces who in turn get promotion letters for their clients.
“There are people in this town who are given money and they deliver to I don’t know who and you get your promotion. The friends I schooled with have gone out seeking promotions but to no avail. The only time they were given the promotions is when they bribed, TSC is extremely corrupt.”
According to the legislature, teachers are forced to cough up to Ksh 150,000 to be considered for a single promotion and this disadvantages the poor hardworking teachers from remote areas.
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“Poor teachers who come from the very remote parts of this country cannot go to the next level of job groups or earn employment because of the serious levels of corruption at the commission.”