‘Those Saying There’s Money Are Right’: Mbadi Changes Tune on JSS Teacher Employment After Uproar
Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) John Mbadi has now made a u- turn after declaring that there is no money to employ Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers on permanent and pensionable terms.
“Those who are saying there is money in the budget for JSS teachers are right. I am wrong and there is nothing with saying I am wrong. The communication was wrong from my side I should have been clearer,” said Mbadi on Sunday.
The Cabinet Secretary went on To Reassure that that the conversion to permanent terms, set to be effected on January 2025, has already been budgeted for.
He stated, “What I should have made clear is that there is money in the budget for conversion of JSS teachers to permanent and pensionable from January 2025 and there is Ksh.22 billion available,”
“I actually implied that there would be no money to pay them from July to December but I should have been very clear that there is money in the budget from January,” he added.
Mbadi further stated that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has also been apprised of the changes.