Bungoma: A Graduate Teacher Turns To Selling Mandazi After Failing To Get Hired By TSC

• A 41-year-old teacher from Bungoma has turned to selling mandazi to support his two children in high school after failing to find a job at TSC
• Despite completing his course in 2009, John Wanyonyi Muchuma has struggled to find employment
• Her plight is compounded by the fact that she has two children who are entering form 4 in 2025

Bungoma County – A 41-year-old trained teacher has turned to selling mandasi to make a living after years of unsuccessful job applications.

John Wanyonyi Muchuma, a registered P1 teacher from Marakaru ward, completed his teaching course at Migori TTC between 2007 and 2009.

Muchuma has 2 children joining the fourth form

Despite being duly registered with the Teachers Recruitment Commission (TSC), his dream of getting a teaching job has remained elusive.

The father of two children told TUKO.co.ke that he has two children in the third form and works tirelessly to support his family.

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His son is a student at St Luke's Boys' High School, while his daughter is studying at Kimukungi Secondary School.

With all of them preparing to move to the fourth form in 2025, the cost of education has become a constant challenge.

“My children's education is my top priority, but it has not been easy without financial support from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF),” Muchuma participated.

Muchuma sells mandazi for a living

To meet the needs of his family, Muchuma wakes up every morning to prepare and sell mandazi in his village of Kimukungi B.

What started as a necessity has now become her main source of income, enabling her to put food on the table and put her children through school.

“I have been applying for job vacancies in Teacher Training Colleges, hoping for an opportunity, but luck it wasn't on my side,” he complained.

As he continues to persevere, Muchuma hopes that his hard work and dedication to his profession will one day bear fruit.

A Bungoma teacher is unemployed 14 years after graduation

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In a story almost identical to that, Maurice Michael Wechune has waited 14 years without a job for TSC.

Since graduating in 2010, the 38-year-old has made a living as a private school teacher earning a measly KSh 10,000.

The father of four continues to apply relentlessly, but has been overlooked from the list of people worth following in the area.

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Source: TUKO.co.ke