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Teachers in volatile areas deserve government assurance on their safety

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On August 28, 2023, we witnessed a group of teachers demonstrating outside the Teachers Service Commission headquarters in Upper Hill, Nairobi. This was as a result of continued threats from the extremist Al Shabaab, which has resulted in injuries and the deaths of non-local teachers in Garissa, Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo, Marsabit, Lamu, Baringo, West Pokot, Turkana and Tana River.

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