hardship areas Stories

MPs demand answers over unfair teacher postings, hardship allowances
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 30, 2025

This follows complaints by legislators who said some teachers from urban centres were being posted to hardship areas and promoted to leadership roles,...

Government suspends hardship area classification after public backlash
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 18, 2025

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said the Ministry of Public Service and the Ministry of Education have agreed to halt the rollout of th...

Teachers sue TSC over discriminatory promotion list excluding tutors from arid regions
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 07, 2025

The case, filed at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, challenges the TSC’s decision to exclude teachers from hardship-designated counties from...

Govt to slash civil servants’ hardship allowances in policy overhaul, saving Sh6bn annually
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 03, 2025

A review showed that several places listed under the hardship category had seen changes after the 2013 shift to a devolved system of governance.

Police officers serving over 3 years in frontier counties to be moved in 3 months
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 11, 2025

Murkomen said the transfers will boost the officers’ morale, as those who will be deployed will report with the mindset that they will be around for j...

MPs criticise government over unfair hardship area classification
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 03, 2025

The MPs argue that the zoning has led to an unequal distribution of teachers, as many seek transfers to hardship-designated regions to benefit from al...

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