Following official data that was tabled in the Senate Standing Committee on National Cohesion and Equal Opportunity, teacher population from various tribes as reflected in TSC teacher payroll register has been released.
The report shows that there are three major tribes that dominate nearly half of of the total number of teachers registered under Teachers Service Commission (TSC) government payroll.
These three communities are the Kalenjin, Kikuyu and Luhya communities with almost 50 per cent of the total registered teachers under payroll.
Of the total 406,860 teachers in payroll register 73,309 teachers are from the Kalenjin as a community with majority followed by Kikuyu as second tribe with 64,937 and third Luhya community with 60,912 teachers.
The other communities are represented in the register as follows;
- Kamba community with ( 48,201) teachers
- Luo community with (47,285) teachers
- Kisii community with (35,236) teachers.
- Meru community with 25,930 teachers
- Other remaining 38 communities have 51,050 teachers.
The report further revealed communities with the least number of teachers which include the following;
- Kenyan Asians with (9) teachers
- Dasnach-Shangil with (11) teachers
- Murulle with (14)
- Elmolo with (17)
- Gosha with (20)
- Njemps with (26),
- Kenyan with Arab (23)
- Sakuye with (32)
- Dorobo with (17)
- Rendille with (87)
A P1 teacher in a class in Migori Muslim Primary School in January 2019; Image/Courtesy
Addressing the above disparity in numbers, TSC boss Dr Nancy Macharia said that the numbers above reflect the distribution of the country’s population.
Macharia further outlined that TSC has achieved ethnic balance while doing various appointment to clear representation of more than one-third of staff emanating from single ethnicity.
TSC boss further expressed the commission’s priority on fair staff competition and merit whole conducting various appointments and promotions.
