The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has decried the government’s decision to withdraw Kajiado County from the list of hardship areas in Kenya, a decision that has led to teachers in the region to miss out on hardship allowances. Speaking during the KNUT Annual General Meeting (AGM), the teachers urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to restore the county's former status noting that teachers working in the county were still facing unique challenges like imminent attacks by wild animals that often roam the area. “Some sub-counties have lost the status of hard-to-staff and hardship areas. So we must appeal to the Teachers Service Commission that the status of Kajiado should remain the same,” KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu declared. Let them be posted to schools that need teachers.”Elsewhere in Uasin Gishu County, The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) echoed these concerns of teachers working in hardship areas, laboratories and workshops and urged the commission to cater for any injuries incurred while on duty.

Source: Daily Nation November 18, 2024 09:03 UTC