The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has replaced some of the 742 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers recently fired across the country.

A section of JSS teachers in Asome Pioneer Teachers in Kisii have been forced to stop reporting to their schools, with TSC replacing them with new teachers.

This comes exactly two weeks since JSS teachers agreed to get back to classes awaiting confirmation by the teachers’ employer.

A section of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) leadership and other education stakeholders in Kisii are unhappy with TSC's firing of the JSS teachers. 

“It is a sad state of affairs we have in our institutions, CBC will die soon if the TSC continues that way. We want those teachers to be reinstated without any other attached issues against them,” said Kisii KUPPET Secretary General Joseph Abincha.

Nominated Senator Essy Okenyuri added: “Niliona mwenyekiti wa kamati ya bajeti Ndindi Nyoro akisema kwamba walimu wote wa JSS wataajiriwa, inasikitisha sana wakiachishwa kazi namna hiyo.”

Kisii TSC Director Ann Wachira revealed that the JSS issues are being handled directly from the headquarters in Nairobi.

TSC after terminating the contracts of 742 JSS intern teachers on grounds of professional misconduct, sent letters to the affected teachers indicating that the intern teachers failed to either provide a satisfactory response with some reportedly choosing to not respond to show cause letters sent last month.

The dismissals came just two days after the teachers called off a nationwide strike, which initially commenced on April 17, to allow passage of the National Budget on Thursday.

KUPPET has since condemned the mass sacking, further threatening legal action saying proper procedure was not followed.