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Kindiki says Ruto has hired more teachers than any previous president
08th August, 2025 08:28 PM
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has stated that President William Ruto’s administration has recruited more teachers in less than three years than any other government since Kenya’s independence.
Speaking in Nyeri County on August 8, 2025, Kindiki disclosed that before 2022, the country hired an average of 5,000 teachers annually, stating that since 2022, the government has hired 76,000 teachers.
“For those in the teaching profession, you are aware that this government has employed more teachers than any other in our country’s history,” Kindiki said.
“Before 2022, we used to hire about 5,000 teachers a year. But in the last three years, we’ve employed 76,000 teachers,” he added.
Upcoming teacher recruitment exercise
Kindiki further announced that the government plans to hire an additional 24,000 teachers by December 2025, which would bring the total number of teachers employed under the Ruto administration to 100,000.
According to him, this new cumulative figure will represent nearly one-third of all teachers ever employed in Kenya since independence.
“By December, we will add another 24,000 to make it 100,000,” he stated.
“That’s about 30 per cent of all teachers employed since Kenya became a republic,” he added.
The Deputy President further framed the teacher hiring program as part of a broader government agenda to create employment opportunities for young Kenyans, many of whom, he says, are education graduates struggling to find work in their field.
“We have an agenda to expand job opportunities for our young people,” he remarked.
Teacher shortage
Kindiki’s comments come at a time when the Teacher Service Commission has reported a teacher shortage across schools in the country.
Appearing before MPs who sit in the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) in April 2025, Former TSC CEO Nancy Macharia attributed this shortage to a lack of adequate budget to recruit teachers, which she said has impeded the right to access basic quality education.
“Currently, the teacher shortage stands at 98,261, including JSS teachers. This number is anticipated to rise in 2026 following the rollout of senior schools. TSC has not achieved the optimal number of teachers since its establishment, hence the need for more budgetary allocations,” she disclosed.
