NAIROBI, Kenya – A widely shared social media post asserting that teachers’ April wages will be delayed has been rejected as fraudulent by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
The widely circulated poster claiming that the April payroll had been returned due to a court order connected to the Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA) was untrue and not from any official TSC source, according to a statement released by the Commission on April 19, 2026.
“The Commission refutes a fake public statement circulating online purporting that teachers should brace for salary delays. This information is misleading and should be disregarded,” TSC said.
Teachers will have to wait until next week to receive their pay, according to the widely shared post, which stated that TSC had stopped processing salaries to comply with a court order suspending its decision to discontinue KEWOTA deductions.
TSC asked educators and the general public to rely solely on reputable channels for information, clarifying that no such direction had been issued through its official communication venues.
“Teachers and the public are advised to only rely on official TSC communication channels for accurate information,” the Commission stated, pointing to its verified Facebook page (TSC Kenya) and X account (@TSC_KE).
Teachers were effectively reassured that the charges of delayed salaries were false because the Commission did not mention any disruption to the April payroll. TSC reaffirmed its dedication to open communication and cautioned against the dissemination of false information that would unnecessarily worry its employees.
KEWOTA reacts to the media reports
On April 15, KEWOTA rejected suspicions of nepotism and financial malfeasance made in a recent media exposé, calling them untrue and vicious.
Speaking at a news conference, Modesta Akaki, the chairman of KEWOTA, claimed that the report’s narrative was skewed and did not fully convey the context of the issues brought up.
According to Akaki, “the exposé presents a narrative that is not only misleading but also fails to capture the full and accurate context of the matters discussed.”
KEWOTA presently maintains that the allegations made in the media article about the association’s officials hiring family members and encouraging corruption are completely baseless.
“First of all, we would like to declare, without fear of contradiction whatsoever, that the accusations propagated therein are not only unfounded but also a deliberate fabrication, orchestrated with reckless disregard for truth, professional ethics, and the law,” Akaki stated.
TSC to hire additional new teachers
She further disclosed that the person making the accusations had purportedly acknowledged in writing that the claims were false and deceptive.
“Notably, the main author of these statements has subsequently openly acknowledged—in writing—that his claims were false, deceptive, and motivated by premeditation. The author’s credibility is destroyed by this revelation alone,” she continued.
This latest development comes when President William Ruto has directed TSC to hire 1,800 teachers for northern Kenya as one of the measures to address historical staffing imbalances and ensure learners in the region access consistent education like those in other parts of the country.
“As a matter of affirmative action, 1,800 teachers would be hired in Northern Kenya to correct the historical imbalance and injustice that happened where teachers from this region were not there; they were not hired, and as a result, whenever there were issues, teachers from other parts of the country left the children of Northern Kenya in classes without teachers,” explained the head of state.
In his own words, President Ruto went on: “And that is why, as a government to correct what happened in the past, I have instructed TSC to hire 1,800 teachers so that beginning next term in May all of them will report to schools and make sure that the children of this region are taught just like the children of other parts of Kenya.”
President Ruto was speaking in Banisa, Mandera County, at a thanksgiving event for newly elected Banisa MP Ahmed Hassan.
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