There has been no learning in public universities for over a month due to a lecturers’ strike. Several times, there has been hope of breaking the deadlock in these citadels of higher learning, but the standoff persists.
Despite talks between the lecturers’ union and the representatives of the universities, an agreement remains elusive. Now, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has told the lecturers that the government is unable to pay the arrears owed to them at once and is willing to do so in two phases.
