TSC, Wajir residents in face off over mass transfer of non local teachers

Wajir West MP, Ahmed Kolosh addressing the media at the TSC headquarters on Monday. He said the new teachers who the TSC is planning to recruit would not remain posted at their station in Wajir County. Photo /Abdirahman Khalif/

By Kevin Kyalo

NAIROBI—Elected leaders and residents from Wajir County have on Monday took to the Teachers Service Commission headquarters in Upper hill to seek audience with the Commission’s top brass.

Speaking at the gates of the TSC building, the demonstrators accused the Commission of ill intentions, saying the students were suffering from their actions.

The procession was attended by Wajir West MP, Ahmed Kolosh, Wajir East Rashid Kassim and his North counterpart Ahmed Abdisalan.

“This is a deliberate attempt to continue with the marginalization of the North by the government,” Ahmed Kolosh said, adding that his constituency has never witnessed any attack, but the TSC transferred teachers from the area.

His East Constituency counterpart said he would push for secession if the government would not undo the chaos it caused in the county education sector.

“TSC has no security mandate. How did they assess the claim that the area was insecure for teachers to operate while the security organs have not made such report? “Abdikadir Ukash, one of the organizers of the procession, said.

Wajir North MP said the new teachers who the TSC is planning to recruit would not remain posted at their station Wajir County.

“We will suffer similar fate as that of 2014/15 if we would not be practical and create a sustainable plan to have the teachers continue serving the public,” he said.

The organizers are planning to hold similar rallies and later petition the parliament to act.