A group of teachers from Nyamira County who boycotted teaching in Mandera County ever since their 28 colleagues were massacred by Al Shabaab militia early December, 2014 have dared Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to sack them.
Speaking on Monday after meeting Knut officials, Nyamira branch, they challenged TSC to facilitate their transfers, besides releasing their salaries of four months in compliance with the high court ruling in February.
They asked the court systems and civil societies to solve the predicaments which they are in by making the government understand their reasons for moving out of the troubled North Eastern region.
“We are not scared by these people calling themselves TSC. It would have been better if they moved there and get first hand information of what is happening. We want nothing less than transfers to secure areas,” said Raphael Omariba of Takaba high school in Mandera.
“The court ruling was very clear and TSC should have not appealed the ruling. We need our salaries unconditionally. It is not our fault that we are not in our work-stations,” said Isaiah Mwebi.
They challenged the government to use the recent threats by Al Shabaab on Mandera Governor Ali Doba as a parameter to the insecurity in the region.
“We all saw even the governor complaining and wanting more security. What of teachers scattered across the county? The government should be sincere with us and facilitate our transfers expeditiously,” Mwebi added.