Striking Lecturers Hit Back at Vice Chancellors Over Plot to Suspend Salaries

The lecturers have been on strike for two weeks...

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The University Academic Staff Union (UASU) and the Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) have vowed to continue their nationwide strike in Kenyan public universities, despite threats from Vice Chancellors to withhold October salaries. The unions are demanding payment of Ksh7.9 billion from the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), citing a past court order backing their claim.

The strike, now two weeks old, continues amidst allegations by the unions that Vice Chancellors are using threats and intimidation to discredit their industrial action.
The Vice Chancellors' Committee resolved to withhold pay for striking staff and suspend the release of agency fees to the unions, while also issuing "Notices to Show Cause" to those disrupting learning.
The strike began the day before a September 18 court ruling suspended the strike and ordered conciliatory talks between all parties.

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