Mandera stand-off hurting students

It is six weeks now, and the impasse between the Government and teachers who teach in northern Kenya schools remains unresolved. This is affecting the pupils and students in that part of the country.

The concerns being raised by the teachers who have refused to go back are genuine and must be addressed not by threats, but soberly. It is true insecurity is rampant in some parts of North Eastern region. The teachers are traumatised by the events of late last year that saw some of their colleagues murdered in cold blood by heartless and trigger-happy gunmen who only targeted people from a particular religion.