{"id":40833,"date":"2015-02-04T01:37:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T17:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=40833"},"modified":"2015-02-04T01:37:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T17:37:10","slug":"700-teachers-refuse-to-work-in-kenyas-north-over-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/04\/700-teachers-refuse-to-work-in-kenyas-north-over-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"700 teachers refuse to work in Kenya’s north over terror"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NAIROBI, Kenya \u2014 Hundreds of teachers in northern Kenya bordering Somalia have refused to return to work, fearing attacks by Islamic extremists, a union official and teachers said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The estimated 700 teachers demonstrated outside parliament in Nairobi demanding that the government transfer them to schools in safer regions.<\/p>\n

The protesting teachers were from Wajir, Mandera and Garissa, where most of the residents are Kenyans of Somali ancestry, said the Kenya National Union of Teachers Chairman Mudzo Nzili.<\/p>\n

The demonstrating teachers are non-Somali and fear for their lives following attacks that singled out non-Somalis by the Somali militant group al-Shabab, he said.<\/p>\n

“We are so traumatized. I buried 10 colleagues in one week. … It is very difficult for me to think of going back there. We should be transferred,” said Anne Nyakio, a teacher from Wajir Girls High School.<\/p>\n

In November al-Shabab attackers hijacked a bus near the town of Mandera, singled out non-Muslims and non-Somalis, and shot dead 28 passengers. Twenty-two of those killed were teachers. Ten days later al-Shabab massacred 36 quarry workers who were non-Muslims.<\/p>\n

Kenya’s schools re-opened almost two weeks ago following a nationwide teacher’s strike over wages that delayed the resumption of classes after the Christmas vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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