Teachers vow not to resume work in North Eastern as TSC threatens to sack them

Kuppet Chairman Omboko Milemba (right) and Vice Chairman Julius Korir with teachers from Mandera, Wajir and Garissa demonstrating outside TSC offices in Nairobi demanding transfers following insecurity in the area. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: After trooping to their employer’s doorstep for a week, an estimated 2,000 teachers from terror-prone spots in North Eastern region Tuesday declared they would not go back to their stations, reinforcing a stand-off with their employer who has warned they will be fired if they don’t return to work.

The teachers vowed to defy the return-to-work order by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and dared the Government to sack them, insisting they could not risk their safety for teaching posts.