CS Ogamba Urges Striking Lecturers to Accept Phased Payments Amid Resignation Calls - November 2025
Amidst an ongoing nationwide lecturers’ strike, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has urged striking university lecturers and staff to return to work. The minister proposed paying their dues in two installments and asked them to accept a phased payment plan for the 2017-2021 collective bargaining agreement arrears. The strike at public universities has led the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), via its Coast Chapter, to demand CS Ogamba's resignation. The Cabinet Secretary has dismissed this call.
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Kenya's Education Minister has urged striking university lecturers and staff to return to work, proposing payment of their dues in two installments. This move aims to facilitate the resumption of learning in universities.
COTU demands resignation of CS Julius Ogamba over nationwide lecturers' strike
The Cabinet Secretary for Education Julius Ogamba is facing increasing pressure to resign amidst an ongoing nationwide lecturers’ strike at public universities. The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU), through its Coast Chapter, has called for his resignation, a demand that Ogamba has dismissed.
Education CS Ogamba urges lecturers to accept phased payments
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has urged striking university lecturers and staff to accept the government's phased payment plan for the 2017-2021 collective bargaining agreement arrears.