Leaders hold the key to non-locals’ safety in northern counties

It would appear that the negative impact of the state of insecurity in Northern Kenya has finally dawned on local leaders. In a recent meeting, the political and community leaders from the region came out with their guns trained on the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia. Their grievance? The mass transfer of non-local teachers from three counties – Garissa, Mandera and Wajir.

According to reports, almost 900 non-local teachers had already left Wajir County and 800 departed from Mandera County. In Garissa, all non-local teachers had been transferred. The result is that tens of schools in the region had been left without teachers, thereby paralysing learning and forcing some of the schools to close.