Court declares lecturers’ strike unprotected, calls for resumption of talks
University of Eldoret Uasu Secretary-General Philip Chebunet together with his counterparts from Moi University at the start of the lecturers' strike in Eldoret on October 29, 2024.
The academic staff are demanding execution of the return-to-work-formula they signed with the government.
All interested parties in the matter have also been granted two weeks to file and serve their respective responses.
The Labour court has declared the ongoing lecturers’ strike unprotected, and directed the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) and Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF) to resume talks.
The job boycott that started on Tuesday has paralysed learning in public universities and thrown graduation plans into a spin as lecturers vow to keep off campuses.
