KUPPET boss explains how State House visit has unlocked teachers’ employment puzzle
Emuhaya Constituency Member of Parliament Jeremiah Omboko Milemba has shared details of goodies teachers received during the recent State House visit amid mounting criticism.
According to the Emuhaya MP, who is also known for his role as the Chairman of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), the teachers’ trip to State House is expected to see an increase in employment for P-1 teachers.
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Milemba made his remarks on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, during an interview with a local media house, where he detailed the benefits met by teachers after visiting President William Ruto at State House on Saturday, September 13, 2025.
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Milemba detailed that the trip was centered on looking at the interests of teachers while revealing that after the trip, P-1 teachers whose employment had stalled will hence be employed.
“Teachers were going to look at their issues. Are you aware that P-1 teachers are now going to be employed? The P-1 teachers, whom I’ve instructed in parliament, the ones of 2011, 2013, and 2012,” Milemba said.
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According to the former KUPPET chair, employment of P-1 teachers had been frozen, and some of the teachers were on the verge of retiring before employment; hence, the recent trip to State House will be beneficial to the teachers.
“There had been a freeze on the employment of the P-1 teachers. And some of them are retiring before they even work,” Milemba said.
Teachers’ employment promise
Similarly, Milemba revealed that as part of the agreement at State House, the P-1 teachers will be employed as of the next financial year.
“So in the next session of employment of teachers, as part of what we agreed at the state house, they’ll start getting employment. That’s during the next financial year,” he added.
The now Emuhaya Constituency Member of Parliament, whose teaching career spans over 30 years, also revealed that during the highly criticized trip to State House, teachers were reimbursed with at least Ksh10,000.
He further defended the teachers’ reimbursement while adding that teachers did not go to the State House for the money.
“Transport reimbursement for teachers was 10,000… They never went just for reimbursement,” Milemba said.
