Teachers from West Pokot employed in Trans Nzoia County on Monday marched to the TSC offices in Kitale to demand transfers.
The primary school teachers complained that delocalization had been eliminated yet the Teachers Service Commission had denied their transfer to their counties.
The teachers were turned away by administrators who insisted that they should go back to their work.
John Kimtai, a teacher at Cheptandan Primary School, protested that the delocalization program had brought them citing family break-ups and suffering.
The teachers accused the Teachers Service Commission of refusing to affect their allocations despite the government scuffling the delocalization program.
John Kimtai added that other teachers in other counties have been transferred back to their home county, but the Teachers Service Commission has refused to let us go back to our home county.
They suspected that delocalization has felled family parting, arguing that moving them back home to their home counties will fix the problem.
Some said they want to go back home and take care of their elderly parents and property.
Justus Riongon, a teacher at Munyaka Primary School, said that some of us have elderly parents who need our care.
He added that they have also lost their investments at home.
They said they have been deprived of the opportunity to benefit from hardship allowance.
They also said they were not getting adversity allowance like in West Pokot.
The teachers demanded two of their colleagues had died out of frustration.
One of the teachers said that they were suffering. They are stressed and depressed. They don’t want to die because of working in an unfriendly environment.
Some of the teachers who have disabilities said it was unfair for the Teachers Service Commission to ignore their plight.
They swore to camp outside Teachers Service Commission offices until their issues are addressed.
