President William Ruto has announced the Kenyan government's plan to hire 24,000 new teachers, significantly boosting the education sector to address staffing shortages.

• The government will hire 24,000 new teachers and transition 20,000 existing contract teachers to permanent and pensionable terms.
• This initiative was announced by President William Ruto after assenting to the 2026 finance bill on Tuesday, June 23.
• The new hires will bring the total number of teachers recruited by the current administration to approximately 124,000, with the Teachers Service Commission overseeing the process.