Egerton to send 400 employees home in Covid-19 cash chaos
Egerton University Vice-Chancellor Rose Awuor Mwonya addresses members of the university council at Njoro Campus on April 12, 2019. The institution plans to sack 400 employees.
The annual payroll cost for the university is Sh464.4 million per year.
The vice chancellor Prof Rose Mwoya said last month that the university has requested the government to consider providing Sh589.7 million to finance the exercise.
Egerton University plans to send more than 400 employees home as it grapples with a financial crisis worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a report by the university, the institution has proposed to retrench the staff to ease the payroll burden. The decision has been approved by the university council.
