Mandera South Member of Parliament, Abdul Ebrahim Haro, has urged the government to support ongoing local efforts to solve shortage of teachers in Mandera County.
The legislator said the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should prioritize the employment of locally trained teachers.
Speaking during an event at the Mandera Teachers Training College (MTTC) on Tuesday, Haro said the region had made great strides in training enough qualified teachers to meet the needs of both primary and secondary schools in the county.
“We now have enough trained teachers from Mandera. Those who left because of insecurity should not come back to take these jobs,” he said.
“We are solving our own challenges, and our young people deserve to be employed to teach in our schools.”
The legislator emphasized that Mandera County has invested heavily in training teachers locally and that the community was now self-reliant in the education sector.
He also cautioned against teachers seeking immediate transfers after receiving deployment letters, describing the trend as unfair to hardship regions such as Northern Kenya.
“Northeastern and Northern Kenya cannot continue being recruitment grounds for other regions. Once you get your letter, you should serve the community that needs you most,” he stated.
Haro highlighted the growing global demand for Kenyan teachers, noting that countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany, Ireland, France, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates had requested Kenya to facilitate the recruitment of teachers abroad.
“Our teachers are in high demand internationally. Thousands of Kenyan teachers are already working in countries like Somaliland and Ethiopia. This shows the quality of our training and the potential our teachers have,” he said.
The MP promised to continue supporting the education sector in Mandera, including initiatives that expose students and trainee teachers to national institutions such as Parliament.
“We want our students to dream big. I have taken some of them to the National Assembly before, and I promise to facilitate more of such educational visits,” he noted.
He further commended the unity and cooperation among Mandera South residents, students, and teachers, saying the county’s development depended on collective effort.
“You have held our hands when we needed you. When it is time for you to need us, we will rise with you,” Haro told the trainees.
The event attended by education officials, trainers, and student leaders, evaluated the importance of locally driven solutions in addressing challenges facing the education sector in Northern Kenya.
