THE STANDARD By Wilson Sossion | December 14th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 President Uhuru Kenyatta and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the launch of the collection of signatures for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) at KICC in Nairobi on November 25, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] Participation in politics is a critical element of socially inclusive development and realisation of human rights. However, while the right to participate in politics and public life is well-established in human rights law, there is a spirited attempt by Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to deny tutors these rights in a variety of ways. A recent circular by TSC addressed to various public authorities and whose content specifically targets teachers reveals an attempt by the employer to gag tutors and curtail their democratic freedoms as contained in the Constitution.