The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has vowed to end job stagnation among the teaching fraternity in the country.
TSC Commissioner Dr. Nicodemus Anyang said the commission has promoted over 55,000 teachers in the last two years.
He said that the commission intends to promote in the next three months another 26,000 teacher, urging those who may not be successful to continue applying, noting that they were initially left out due to budgetary constraints.
Dr. Anyang was addressing mourners during the burial of Beatrice Amoit Osirang β 65 at Kimasat village in Amagoro location, Teso North sub county.
He told teachers to be positive despite the fact that some of them could not be promoted despite applying for the positions many times, adding that all was water under the bridge.
β Some teachers have vowed,β sita apply tena. β.( I will not apply again). The Commissioner noted that those who have lost hope claim they applied many times, but in vain,β he said.
The teachers claimed there are criteria the commission uses to promote others and leave others, noting that there is a hidden criteria in the promotion of teachers.
The Commissioner said they held various stakeholdersβ engagements across the country, and the main issue that came out was on stagnation, which they are implementing.
He spoke in the presence of the KNUT National Second vice- chairman Aggrey Naimisi, NEC and Busia Knut Secretary General Patrick Mulamba, Teso Branch Knut Executive Secretary Geoffrey Ekasiba, and chairman Alex Omoit.
Anglican Church of Kenya St Thomas Amagoro parish Vicar General Rev Isabela Inyele Imo, who delivered the sermon during the burial service, attributed a high corruption rate and lack of family values in Kenya.
In her sermon drawn from the second letter of Paul to Timothy 3:1-5, Rev. Isabella expressed concern over the high prevalence of corruption, noting that even the churches are not exempted from the vice.
β The biblical quote in the sermon portrays the last days of ascending and descending of Jesus Christ because of the current scenario where leaders are speaking at cross purposes, blaming each other on the issues that have bearing on the interests of the populace.
Rev.Isavella blamed men for abdicating their family responsibilities, thus allowing their responsibilities, urging them to take up their responsibilities as heads of families.
