President William Ruto has extended a rare invitation to select teachers for a high-level meeting at State House, Nairobi.
A memo dated September 7 indicated that the teachers invited included members of the Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association (KEPSHA).
Signed by KEPSHA National Chairman Fuad Abdalla Ali, the association informed its members that the President had requested to meet them on Friday, September 12, 2025.
All leaders of the association, from the grassroots to the national level, are expected to attend the meeting.
I wish to inform you that His Excellency the President has extended a formal invitation to the leadership of KEPSHA from the grassroots to the national level for a meeting at State House on Friday, 12th September 2025.
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Who has President Ruto invited?
According to the memo, the State House engagement is expected to bring together a broad delegation representing diverse leadership in Kenya’s primary schools.
Further, the delegation will consist of the National Executive Board, the National Governing Council (NGC), and four representatives from each sub-county, specifically the chairperson, secretary, treasurer, and gender representative.
Also, members of the National Secretariat will form part of the team.
Consequently, county Chairpersons have been directed to submit the names and details of their delegates by September 8.
The memo has stressed that the matter should be treated as urgent and important.
To enable proper logistical preparations, all County Chairpersons are hereby requested to submit the details of their delegates per Sub-County.
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Teachers Grapple With Delayed Funding and Staffing Shortages
President Ruto’s decision to summon KEPSHA leaders comes against the backdrop of ongoing challenges for teachers across Kenya as schools reopen for the third term.
Capitation delays have left institutions struggling to operate, with funds only expected to reach all schools by the end of the week, according to Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok.
Earlier, Bitok said the holdup was from a nationwide verification exercise after revelations that ghost schools and inflated enrolments had spent Ksh3.7 billion in recent years.
On the other hand, Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro criticised the Kenya Kwanza government over the delays, linking them to the national treasury’s mounting debt crisis.
On Sunday, September 7, while speaking at a public event, he accused the National Treasury of prioritizing debt repayment over education, warning that schools are being starved of resources at a time when students are preparing for national examinations such as KCSE, KJSEA, and KPSEA.
At the same time, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is set to recruit 24,000 junior school teachers on a one-year internship basis to plug staffing gaps, with priority being given to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, sidelining thousands of unemployed teachers with Arts and Language combinations.
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