Lecturers' strike still on despite Sh4.2bn offer by government
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University Academic Staff Union Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga and other officials address the media at the Bunge Tower Nairobi on November 12, 2024.
Uasu maintained that the cost of the CBA is Sh9.7 billion and not the Sh4.3 billion offered by government.
The return-to-work formula was signed in September 2024 after sustained strike by the lecturers.
Students in public universities will wait longer before going back to class as lecturers on Thursday maintained that the strike is still on despite the government offer of Sh4.3 billion to partially implement their contested collective bargaining agreement (CBA).
In a meeting convened by Education Committee of the National Assembly with University Academic Staff Union (Uasu) officials, principal secretary for Higher Education and Research, Beatrice Inyangala and an Inter-Ministerial Committee handling the lecturers’ strike, the government said it has secured Sh4.3 billion from the National Treasury to implement the CBA.
