Kisumu TSC official eyes Seme MP seat

The Kisumu county Teachers Service Commission (TSC) director, Timon Oyucho, is salivating for the Seme parliamentary seat on the outskirts of Kisumu city in the next general elections slated for 2027.

But in an interesting turn of political goal-shifting, Kisumu county woman representative Rosa Buyu called on the National Assembly’s Education Committee to conduct an audit into transfers within Kisumu County, arguing that some decisions were being implemented without adequate consultation or justification.

This comes in the wake of an avalanche of constant accusations against Oyucho as he is

accused of being insensitive, and arrogant. He is also accused of openly seeking and getting bribes in the course of his duties, and victimising those who do not toe his line of modus operandi.

Said MP Buyu: “We cannot dismantle what has been working well for our schools without considering the well-being of learners, teachers, and parents,”.

The MP spoke after students protested the transfer of the principal of St, Marks Obambo secondary school, Peter Wao. Word has it that the Oyucho who favours female teachers is raising money through bribes, to run for Seme parliamentary seat James Nyikal, in next year’s general elections.

Buyu said Wao has only two years remaining to his retirement.

She praised Wao, saying he had reported at the school when the student population was a mere 100 figure only and said the current student population stands at over 1,400he as  the school’s performance had performed over the years.

The MP said she will together with the sponsor of the school ask Oyucho to leave the senior teachers alone and for him to transition to the next system.

She blamed Oyucho for carrying out disruptive transfers of school heads across Nyanza region.

“I know he wants to contest for the Seme Parliamentary seat but he should rethink his activities” said Buyu.

Learning at the School was brought to a standstill after hundreds of students staged protests against the transfer of their principal, forcing class lessons to grind to a halt as tension engulfed the institution.,

The agitated learners abandoned lessons and trekked several kilometers from the school to Ojola Trading Centre, demanding an audience with education officials and calling for the immediate revocation of the transfer.

The protests, which also drew parents and residents, highlighted growing dissatisfaction over what stakeholders described as abrupt and insensitive transfers by the TSC.

“We cannot accept this transfer because our principal has transformed this school and only has two years left before retirement,” said Kelly Otieno, the school’s head of students.

Students described the outgoing principal, Wao, as a compassionate administrator who had supported vulnerable learners and maintained stability in the school during a period of increased enrolment.

According to student leaders, the principal sponsors the education of more than 100 needy students and has allowed struggling parents to pay school fees using alternative forms such as firewood and chickens.

John Okello, one of the parents who marched alongside the students, said the decision risked destabilizsing a school that had recorded steady progress under the current administration.