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Thousands of Kenyan civil servants were urged Tuesday to leave troubled regions hit by a wave of insurgent attacks, as protesters in the capital demanded greater security.
The warnings by six unions to members to leave the restive northeast, as well as the protests in Nairobi, follow a weekend attack which saw 28 non-Muslims executed on a bus.
The executions near the northeastern town of Mandera, whose victims included 24 teachers and three medics, were claimed by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab militant group.
Unions representing more than 25,000 doctors, dentists, civil servants and primary and secondary school teachers have advised members to leave the region until security forces can ensure their safety.
“Their lives are clearly in danger,” Kenya Union of Teachers leader Wilson Sossion told the Daily Nation newspaper.
“We have already lost enough members of the teaching force and can’t risk any further.”
The call by unions to leave areas, including the main towns of Garissa, Wajir and Mandera, affects more than 10,00 teachers and 16,500 civil servants.
