Former TSC boss declines Murang’a executive position
By Wangari Njuguna, June 30, 2025Immediate former Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Nancy Macharia has declined the offer by the Murang’a county government to serve in the Public Service Board.
Governor Irungu Kang’ata had nominated Macharia for the position of the chairperson of the board after the term of the previous chairperson lapsed.
In a response letter to the county, Macharia said she could not accept the offer because she had another opportunity with an international body, which would affect her performance as the chair of the board.
Further, she said serving as the board chair is a full-time job, whereas she would have preferred a part-time job.
“I appreciate the nomination for the chair of the county public service board, but I got another offer with an international organisation,” she said.
Not right pick
Her appointment, however, had already been opposed by the residents who felt that she was not the right pick for the job.
One of the residents, Alex Mbote, moved to court protesting her nomination on the basis that she has reached the mandatory retirement age to serve in public office.
He also argues that no legal exemptions or lawful extension had been granted to her to allow her to serve in the office.
Kang’ata acknowledged that there were complaints about her appointment as the residents were of the opinion that he should have picked a youth for that position.
He said the county has a good number of youths serving in the executive, which creates a balance between the young and the old in the workforce.
Further, he said by her stature, she would not be coming to the county for financial benefits, but rather would be giving back to the county.
“This is not an employment and we only give the allowances for the sittings and this can only be managed by someone who doesn’t have a greed for money,” said Kang’ata.
The governor said he has heard rumours of people being asked for bribes in order to get employed, and he was banking on the ex-TSC boss, who he said has a track record on integrity, to help streamline the sector.
“I had picked her because of her leadership in the commission, I was looking forward to having her transform the entire system, and it’s such a loss to us that she has taken another job,” said Kang’ata.
“We thought we could also use her in getting a matrix for promotion of the country employees who claim to have stagnated for long using the same formulae she used in the TSC,” he added.