Friday, November 18, 2022 –Government has quickly charged mind on its initial plan of recruiting 58,000 teachers.
William Ruto’s government had promised to absorb a whopping 58,000 unemployed teachers but has made a sharp a u-turn on the promise and now it will be employing only 30,000.
In its effort to bridge the staffing gap in many public schools across the country, Education Cabinet Secretary, SC Ezekiel Machogu, said it will not overstretch at first due to existing difficult economic situation.
“We had promised 116,000 teachers, but because of the nature of the economy, we are going to do it progressively.
“So, this coming January, we are going to recruit 30,000 teachers and will improve thereafter,” Machogu told principals at an event held in Kisii School on Thursday, November 17.
But during campaigns and even after his swearing in, President Ruto promised to make sure 116,000 unemployed teachers are given jobs within his first year in office.
This sudden change of mind now leaving his administration at a precarious corner over a series of failed promises; as reality dawns on it.
