Teachers demand to be guarded by KDF for fear of Al-Shabaab
Mr Charles Achol, a teacher at Lafey Primary School in Mandera County, gesticulates angrily during protests held by a group of teachers from northeastern region at the TSC head office in Nairobi late last month.
Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group
TSC classifies northern Kenya as a “hard-to-staff” region, where schools are understaffed and vacancy notices usually attract few applicants.
Last week, the teachers were told that their applications had been unsuccessful because there were no suitable replacements.
Non-local teachers posted in northern Kenya have demanded security from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) before returning to their posts after their request for transfers to other regions was rejected.
Through the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), they had demanded to be transferred out of the region, citing frequent attacks by suspected al-Shabaab terrorists.
