Member of Parliament and some of the applicants for teaching jobs in Machakos County now want the recruitment process cancelled citing irregularities.
Yatta Member of Parliament, appealed to the Teachers Service Commission CEO Nancy Macharia to intervene in the recruitment and repeat the exercise to ensure fairness.
The MP accused the Machakos county office of presiding over a flawed process that saw many candidates locked out.
He said that most local teachers lost employment opportunities after their slots were taken by teachers, not from the region.
Basil spoke as some of the affected teachers threatened to demonstrate over the process that they termed a sham.
Speaking to journalists in Machakos town, through their representative, they faulted the TSC leadership in the county. One of the applicants said that they were shocked to learn that they were left out despite graduating between 2011 – 2012.
He said for the first time, the exercise, was manipulated to favour a few. “We were denied the rightful opportunity. All applicants want TSC to intervene to have the exercise revoked and repeated,” said Beatrice Mutaki, another teacher’s representative.
KNUT officials from the area have also raised concerns over the recruitment process.
Yatta Knut branch Assistant Treasurer, Kitaka, termed the exercise as “an abuse and unfair to the applicants”.
KNUT branch assistant treasurer for yatta said justice must be done for job applicants and this will only be attained if the recruitment process is repeated.
TSC county director Lewis Mutegi admitted there were a few complaints that are being handled by his office.
