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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is highly centralized; teachers seeking job-related services have to, sometimes travel hundreds of kilometers, to Nairobi to get their problems sorted. Talk of out of the frying pan into the fire.

“We expect the new constitution to improve our terms and conditions of service,” said a teacher we met in one of the far flung districts in Kenya.
Teachers working in remote districts in this country expect the service delivery by TSC to improve. “Coming to Nairobi is a nightmare,” a teacher from Homa Bay told Education Insight. “We get into lot of problems. Some of us get robbed or coned of our money in the streets.”
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A study to discover common work-related stressors and their effect amongst school principals has revealed that pressures stemming from teachers and parents, and to a lesser extent, from work overload are the number one cause of burn-out amongst school heads.

In Kenya anxiety due to the Government’s Public Service Reform Programme (PSRP) that demands radical reforms in schools coupled with minimal administrative support from the education ministry, and poor working conditions, lack of involvement in school decision making by parents, the increased load of paperwork, and lack of resources have all been identified as factors that cause stress on the school heads and college principals. Unfriendly education ministry policies, KNEC standardized assessments, families’ avoidance of responsibilities of their children, peer pressure to undertake continuing education, low salaries, and poor working conditions are other stressors that contribute to school-heads’ burn-out.
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The name did not register in my mind when I first heard of it. A week later, I found myself rehearsing the pronunciation of the word ‘Malkamanza,’ the name of the striking primary school I had heard about. Malkamanza is a unique school in North Eastern Province, 56 kilometers North of Garissa. The school derives its name from Malkamanza village where it is located. The name, for unknown reason means restoration, revival or renewal.

As the story goes, a boran young man married a Meru and settled in Malkamanza village; they reproduced and became Munyoyayas community of Malkamanza. The people in this village lived under extreme climatic conditions. The place is very dry, isolated and tucked in the middle scrubland.

Hidden in the bushes, the Government did not know of its existence until five years ago when some missionaries of Christ Missions to the Unreached came across these people. The missionaries found the village in dire need of food, water and clothing; it had neither a school nor a hospital.
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Many parents have in the recent past been keen on maximizing their children’s concentration on school work so that they can have a better future. As a result, children are now reading more and more books so as to enhance their chances of success in life. But as a parent, has it occurred to you that a talent could be a good career for your child? Many children have been denied the chance to discover their talents early and even fail to know their strong points. Most of them have been tuned to the fact that in books, lie their future and as a result, they’ve been forced to forget about the gold they are sitting on – their talents.

But for Brian, standing tall to make sure that he achieves something from what God gave him as a talent is a must. He is only 13-years-old and a form one student at Lukenya High school but is currently building a strong foundation of what could likely brighten his future in the next few years. Strongly attached to football, Brian has made sure that he is doing his level best to keep the fire burning in his quest to achieve his dream of being a celebrated footballer in the country. Brian who has in recent days toured different parts of the country and even out of the continent has never ceased to amaze many with his clever football tactics and dribbling techniques that have raised eyebrows and surprised many.

Education Insight paid a visit to Brian’s home in Valley View estate along Mombasa road where we found his parents: Geoffrey Munyoki and Josephine Mumbua who comprehensively narrated to us the ups and downs of their youngster’s journey of being a football superstar.
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