TSC Chief Executive Nancy Macharia acknowledged that the transfers had some flaws at the beginning, but the agency has since fixed them.
The CEO said the commission has since stopped transferring teachers to far-flung regions from their counties.
For primary school teachers, she said, tutors are transferred from one sub-county to another within the same county or in counties near their home counties.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has defended delocalisation of teachers, saying that it is not made to punish tutors but aims to promote national cohesion.
Appearing before the Senate Committee on Education, TSC Chief Executive Nancy Macharia on Thursday acknowledged that the transfers had some flaws at the beginning, but the agency has since fixed them.