The Kenya National Union of teachers Knut has urged the government to bolster security which is impacting negatively on education.
Led by Knut Teso branch executive secretary Deogratius Owaya, the leaders have revealed that many teachers have been forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge elsewhere after receiving death threats from thugs, “Most of the teachers have left their homes and are now renting or living with relatives in safer areas”
Owaya said teachers are now reporting to school late and lethargy thus failing to teach well after having sleepless nights, “we teachers have now resumed the role of police becuase at night we join villagers to patrol yet we are trained to teach”
According to the secretary, pupils are also reporting to school late while others fail to go to school completely after they abandoned their homes with their parents to stay in churches and with relatives in fear of being attacked by thugs.
The union now want both the national and county governments to put in place mechanisms to end the upsurging insecurity to bring life back to normalcy.
In the meantime, the union has reitarated that teachers will down their tools at the end of a fourteen days notice they issued to the government last week if the government would not have responded positively.
Owaya who was speaking during the burial of a daughter to former Knut national chairperson George Wesonga at Bukalama village in Matayos said they want the government to promote all teachers who undergone further studies, and those interviewed and issued accreditation letters by TSC.
Their other demand is for the government to restore hardship allowance to all teachers working in hardship areas.
