{"id":600,"date":"2026-10-13T10:19:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=600"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T10:19:38","slug":"teacher-arrested-for-allegedly-demanding-ksh-100000-from-tsc-job-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Teacher arrested for allegedly demanding Ksh.100,000 from TSC job seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/642321ac-89cf-4b47-bfb2-92da3ecab78a_Screenshot-From-2026-10-13-12-38-24-og_image.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/642321ac-89cf-4b47-bfb2-92da3ecab78a_Screenshot-From-2026-10-13-12-38-24-og_image.webp 612w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/642321ac-89cf-4b47-bfb2-92da3ecab78a_Screenshot-From-2026-10-13-12-38-24-og_image-291x300.webp 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A teacher at Friends School Kamusinga Boys High School in Bungoma County has been arrested over allegations of soliciting bribes from unemployed teachers with promises of securing them jobs at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The suspect, identified as Lilian Nelima Buluma, was arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Monday, October 12, 2026, following investigations into complaints lodged by three job seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the EACC, Buluma allegedly demanded Ksh.100,000 from each of the three unemployed teachers, amounting to Ksh.300,000, in exchange for facilitating their recruitment into the teaching service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A teacher at Friends School Kamusinga Boys High School in Bungoma County has been arrested&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}