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Kuppet warns more teachers seeking transfer amid rising by-election tension

KUPPET Secretary General Akelo Misori addressing the media .[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A wave of fear is sweeping through Nyandarua County, forcing dozens of teachers to seek transfers as political tensions linked to the Ol Kalou by-election escalate.

Details now indicate that at least 61 teachers have formally applied for transfers, a move the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has linked to the ongoing campaigns.

The union claimed there were reports of intimidation and ethnic profiling in parts of the county. 

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