TSC maintains top spot as Govt’s largest employer
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 8 – The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has maintained its position as Kenya’s largest public employer. Latest data from the Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) remains Kenya's largest public employer, with its workforce expanding by 5.2 percent to 410,700 in 2024. This growth contributed to the overall public service workforce surpassing one million employees.
- The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) increased its workforce from 390,400 in 2023 to 410,700 in 2024.
- The public service workforce in Kenya has reached 1.023 million employees in 2024.
- The national government's wage bill is projected to decline from Sh153.71 billion in Q2 to Sh130.79 billion in Q3 of the 2024/2025 financial year, reducing its wage-bill-to-revenue ratio from 28.02 percent to 26.46 percent.
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Kenya's Public Workforce Exceeds One Million; Court Halts IMF-Backed e-Procurement System - September 2025
Kenya's total public service workforce has surpassed one million employees, partly due to growth at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). The TSC remains the country's largest public employer, with its workforce expanding by 5.2 percent to 410,700 in 2024. In a related development, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) projects that the public wage bill will decrease in the third quarter of the 2024/2025 financial year, with both national and county governments anticipating lower wage-bill-to-revenue ratios. Meanwhile, the High Court has suspended the Treasury’s mandatory electronic procurement system, a key IMF-backed reform. The court ordered that both digital and manual submissions be accepted, halting a rollout the Treasury had projected would save KSh150 billion.
