“Top Employers Are Hiring” …Would You Accept A Job In Insecure Counties?

By Jane Okoth,

With the rising cases of insecurity, Kenyans are beginning to be more concerned about their wellbeing.

The recent killings of security and teaching staff as well as other employees in war zone areas has sparked worldwide condemnation and fear among job seekers deployed to work in such areas.

The killing of teachers in Mandera has prompted the teachers union KNUT to direct all teachers to vacate the conflict regions.

New reports also indicate that the doctors union KMPDU has also joined calls in instructing the doctors to also leave war prone areas until their security is assured.

KNUT Secretary-General Wilson Sossion said that since the government cannot guarantee the safety of teachers, then they should not return to their current stations and await transfer.

However, Deputy President William Ruto says that the government will have the issue dealt with conclusively and that teachers and other professional deployed in the area will be safe.

How would you feel about working in Mandera, Garrissa or Turkana?

Mark Awiti, an IT Specialist at a local N.G.O in Nairobi thinks that one needs to think hard before working in such areas and if find out if there is enough compensation for you.

“This is not a place for the faint hearted regardless of any job you are going to do,” he says.

“I would personally go and work if at all I am promised a huge sum of compensation as far as risk allowance is concerned,” he responds.

“If I were given an option to ever work in such areas, it is the same as putting me between a rock and hard place,” says Silas Mbogo, an Accounts Assistant at a medium sized company in Nakuru.

“Unemployment is a thorn in the flesh and if I am asked to go and work in a marginalized and conflict area, I would not object,” he opines.

Paul Barasa, a Transport Assistant at a leading Transport Company in the country is of the opinion that any employee requires some peace of mind in performing his duties.

“Never have I ever imagined working in such an area regardless of my joblessness,” he says.

“What will I gain by working under fear of being constantly attacked?” he asks.

“If I was a teacher or any other employee still deployed in these areas, I would not hesitate to pack my belongings and go back to Nairobi,” he concludes.

“As a job seeker, I will reluctantly take the offer but will not perform to my expectations because of the nature of my work station,” argues Chris Mutegi, an Engineering graduate at a Public University in the country.

“I know of some people who have managed to work in such areas so it is just your attitude,” he says.

Talk to us, would you accept a job offer in an area invaded by constant attacks?

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