Bomet County,
Monday April 22, 2024,
KNA by Kipngeno Korir
The Kenya National Union of Teachers officials have called on Government to end banditry in the North Rift region to allow schools to reopen.
The First National Vice Chairman Malel Langat said the Government should consider changing the approach towards ending banditry in the region.
Langat said children and teachers were out of schools after being forced out by attacks from bandits saying years of unyielding fight against the bandits calls for a new approach that would bring a lasting solution.
He said the death of military officers, including the Chief of Defense Forces, was a turning point in dealing with banditry in the region.
He said the soldiers were on a noble mission of inspecting schools that were to be renovated before they met their death and that this calls for rethinking by government on best ways to end the menace.
“Too many lives have been lost over the years and yet we continue to use the same approach. With the kind of attacks we have witnessed in the recent past what is the fate of schools that have been closed and where are the learners and teachers supposed to operate from,” he said.
Langat called for beefing up of security by use of local solutions to restore order.
Bomet Executive Secretary Desmond Langat said the reconstruction of that said schools and strengthening of security should begin immediately.
Langat said this should be done in order to allow children resume learning with the rest of their counterparts nationwide as schools are set to reopen early May.
He said the banditry has led to rampant school drop outs with the children joining banditry as a result.
Courtesy; KNA
