The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have expressed concerns on the welfare of teachers in Kapedo, Baringo, Pokot, and its environs and have given the government an ultimatum of seven days to restore the dwindling security in the region failure to which they will withdraw teachers from the volatile environment.

Officials of the two unions have also at the same time, the unions have asked teachers who feel unsafe in the region to pack their belongings and report to the County Director’s office.

“We will be forced to ask Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to withdraw all teachers from these high-risk areas,” Kuppet Chairman chairman Omboko Milemba said.

Tension remains high in Kapedo following days of bandit attacks. More than 10 people including police officers have been killed and the police have launched a major operation to flush out bandits behind the killings.

Two more police officers were on Thursday evening shot and killed in an ambush by gunmen in Kapedo area, Baringo County, at the same place a senior General Service Unit officer was also ambushed and killed.