Cheptarus, however said they will lobby teachers against teaching in insecure areas of the county if their safety is not yet guaranteed. He was backed by the KUPPET Baringo branch Chairman David Kibet and the treasurer Fanuel Kipsoi who further ordered the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to consider withdrawing its teachers immediately from those bandits infested areas. If the government cannot intervene to finish the menace of banditry, then we cannot whosoever allow our teachers to work there” Kipsoi said. Baringo County Commissioner Henry Wafula urged the teachers to go and teach without any fear for their lives. “Because as it is now we are committed as government to provide security to individual teachers, learners and our schools in the insecurity-prone areas” he said.

Source: The Star May 16, 2021 16:52 UTC