Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has launched a scathing rebuttal to economic advisor to President Ruto, Moses Kuria accusing him of hypocrisy and tribalism in the ongoing debate on teacher recruitment.
In a not friendly statement, Kaluma on his X account hit back at Kuria for condemning the public distribution of Teachers Service Commission (TSC) employment letters in funerals and other public places.
An act Kuria referred as a “glittering” example of a way a country cannot be run. Kuria on his X account had condemned on how a some politicians were handing out teacher job letters at public rallies and funerals, calling the act a disgrace to the teaching profession and a degradation to the values that were once upheld by education fraternity.
However Kaluma was having none of Kuria’s concern.
“The good message from a villain is hypocrisy,” Kaluma fired back.
He then alluded that during Kuria’s time in Parliament, he spent his ten years in Parliament distributing TSC letters and transformers only to his region creating the same imbalance and inequity that he is now complain about.
Kaluma accused Kuria and like-minded leaders from his region of regional bias, claiming that their time in office as they held presidency they left a mark of favoritism in teacher’s employment, thus benefiting more of their home regions .
“You can’t demand professionalism from TSC after ensuring all teachers from your region were employed while those from other areas retired jobless,” Kaluma reminded Kuria.
In his statement, Kaluma concluded by strongly telling the government:
“We demand that all qualified teachers be employed, I don’t care how.”
His response to Kuria realigns with many leaders and citizens from other regions who feel frustrated and perceived to have been marginalized in public service appointments.
The public has always criticized the TSC hiring process by feeling of lacking transparency, with allegations of political interference and nepotism being what the citizens think is the main problem ailing the commission.
As the debate rages on, the focus now turns Kaluma’s statement will ignite reforms in the Teachers Service Commission will follow for equity to thousands of unemployed and qualified teachers across the nation.
