Why TSC CEO Nancy Macharia Will Be Leaving The Office Soon

A case has been filed in court by an activist to force The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Dr Nancy Macharia to leave the office, declaring that the commission CEO term ended in February 2023 owing to her age.

According to the case filed before High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi, an activist, Francis Owino has asked the court to find that TSC CEO Nancy Macharia being in the office at the leadership is against the law as she allegedly attained retirement age.  Macharia’s term ought to have ended in February this year.

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An activist claims that Macharia’s contract as the commission CEO was extended in July 2020 for another term of five years. TSC took over the commission from Gabriel Lengoibon in 2015 after emerging as the best.

Nancy Macharia’s appointment followed the conclusion of a competitive recruitment process that started on May 1, 2015, when the position was advertised and attracted 69 applicants of which four were shortlisted.

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“In July 2020, the respondent’s tenure was renewed for another term of five years which ought to have been her last term in office. The petitioner avers that the respondent’s term expired in February 2023,” claims Owino.

TSC extended the same in 2020 after her first term ended.  Owino has roped in Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the teachers’ employer as well.  The activist alleges that Macharia’s term was unlawfully extended.

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“The petitioners aver that there was an illegal, unlawful, and irregular extension and subsequent re-appointment of the respondent as the CEO and Secretary of the TSC,” he claims.

According to Owino’s claims, on February 16 this year, Ministry of Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Affairs Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa cancel all applications for an extension of term for all public civil servants who have attained 60 years. Owino is pursuing an order excluding Macharia from managing TSC.