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Teachers blame dirty local politics for their troubles in North Eastern

The standoff between the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) over insecurity in North Eastern Kenya has brought to the fore the simmering political rivalry in the frontier districts as the region’s elected leaders seize each other.

The politicians have been accused of illegally giving aliens Kenyan citizenship at the expense of quality education, which has heightened insecurity.

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