lecturers CBA Stories

UASU, KUSU reject revised offer as lecturers' strike hits day 39
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 25, 2025

UASU and KUSU maintain that no negotiations will take place unless the government first pays the full amount and signs a binding return-to-work formul...

Students’ future at stake as university lecturers dig in over CBA dispute
Barack Oduor  |  Oct 24, 2025

Lecturers have rejected a Sh3.1 billion counter-offer proposed by SRC and the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF), calling...

University staff urge Parliament to resolve four-year salary impasse
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 10, 2025

The staff argue that the delay in implementing the 2017–2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has created financial strain for thousands of emplo...

University lecturers vow to stay away from classes until 2017–2021 CBA fully paid
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 09, 2025

University unions have urged Parliament to compel Treasury and Education Ministry to release Sh7.9 billion in unpaid salary arrears, warning that lect...

MPs push for quick end to university lecturers’ strike
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 09, 2025

During a march outside the University of Nairobi on Wednesday, UASU National Chairperson Grace Nyongesa said lecturers would not return to work until...

Learning across public universities paralysed as striking lecturers vow to stay put
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 08, 2025

KUSU Secretary General Charles Mukhwaya accused Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba of mishandling the negotiations and undermining a court ruli...

Treasury distances itself from lecturers’ strike, blames Education Ministry and SRC
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 05, 2025

According to Treasury CS John Mbadi, the government released the agreed Sh4.3 billion to universities and a further Sh2.7 billion this year.

Lecturers reject government proposal to verify figures before paying CBA dues
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 05, 2025

The tutors argue that the figures in question are well documented and that further verification is a ploy to delay their dues.

University staff down tools despite government's Sh2.5 billion payout
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 17, 2025

CS Ogamba confirmed on Tuesday that the National Treasury had disbursed the funds, urging lecturers to suspend the strike notice issued on September 1...

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