Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) MPs during a press conference at Parliament on August 26, 2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
ODM MPs have challenged National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula to substantiate claims that legislators receive Teachers Service Commission (TSC) employment letters for distribution to jobseekers in their constituencies.
Ruaraka’s TJ Kajwang’ and his Seme counterpart James Nyikal on Wednesday distanced themselves from the alleged arrangement, saying they did not accompany Wetang’ula to State House to receive teacher employment letters.
The MPs said they would be ready to take up the letters if they existed, but demanded that the Speaker explain where they were and how the alleged recruitment arrangement worked.
Kajwang’ said helping constituents secure employment would be welcomed by voters, while challenging Wetang’ula to produce the alleged letters.
“If I could get the letters from wherever quarters and give them to residents of Ruaraka Constituency, they would be happy. They would vote me in,” Kajwang’ said.
He was responding to remarks by Wetang’ula over the weekend in which the Speaker claimed that some MPs receive as many as 10 TSC employment letters to help their constituents seeking teaching jobs.
Wetang’ula further alleged that some politicians had turned the opportunities into a source of personal enrichment by selling the letters to desperate jobseekers.