Lecturers' strike Stories
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...
Under the agreement, the Kiambu County Government will immediately disburse one month of withheld salaries along with October 2025 pay, while the rema...
Lecturers have rejected a Sh3.1 billion counter-offer proposed by SRC and the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF), calling...
The prolonged strike has left many residents without access to healthcare, worsening the county’s existing drug shortages and overburdening private fa...
KMA emphasised that the protracted strike constitutes a violation of residents’ constitutional right to the highest attainable standard of health, as...
In a letter dated October 21 to SRC Acting Secretary and CEO Margaret Njoka, UASU Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga said the union had declined th...
The Technical University of Kenya began its own protest after issuing interdiction letters to more than 40 academic staff participating in the strike....
The petitioner claimed that the county had gone further to publish the names of shortlisted candidates and invite public comments by October 10, sugge...
Technical University of Kenya Vice Chancellor Benedict Mutua confirmed that his institution has already taken disciplinary action.
KMPDU Secretary-General Davji Atellah urged MPs to summon Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and other county officials over what the union terms persis...
The strike, led by members of the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN), had left health facilities across the county understaffed, with critical serv...
KMPDU Secretary General Dr Davji Atellah said the strike is the result of repeated failures by the county to meet court orders issued last year.
Union leaders walked out of the meeting, accusing the government of failing to honour commitments on outstanding salary arrears under the 2017–2021 Co...
The staff argue that the delay in implementing the 2017–2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) has created financial strain for thousands of emplo...
University unions have urged Parliament to compel Treasury and Education Ministry to release Sh7.9 billion in unpaid salary arrears, warning that lect...
During a march outside the University of Nairobi on Wednesday, UASU National Chairperson Grace Nyongesa said lecturers would not return to work until...
Acting CEO Dr Richard Lesiyampe said the surge in critically ill patients has placed immense pressure on the hospital’s maternity and newborn units, w...
KUSU Secretary General Charles Mukhwaya accused Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba of mishandling the negotiations and undermining a court ruli...
Doctors in Kiambu County have been on strike for the past four months, demanding salaries that are seven months overdue.
A section of the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) officials said the directive was an attempt to silence teachers ahead of the...
Only 14 per cent of low-income countries have policies mandating continuing professional development for primary school teachers.
According to Treasury CS John Mbadi, the government released the agreed Sh4.3 billion to universities and a further Sh2.7 billion this year.
The tutors argue that the figures in question are well documented and that further verification is a ploy to delay their dues.
Highlighting the county’s performance, Mbuthia noted that Kiambu Level V Hospital was recognised at the United Nations General Assembly for recording...
As the financial dispute remains unresolved, the strike has amplified existing challenges in public universities, including crumbling infrastructure a...
CS Ogamba stressed that institutions must no longer cover up acts of destruction and indiscipline.
The unions are demanding payment of Sh7.9 billion in arrears from the 2017–2021 CBA, full settlement of the 2021–2025 CBA, and the immediate start of...
On Tuesday, the unions accused counties of defying official directives by denying health workers permanent contracts and pay, urging swift interventio...
The strike has been called by the Kenya Aviation Workers Union, which has cited unresolved grievances over job security, delayed confirmations of long...
Despite the suspension of the strike by the courts, UASU has vowed to continue industrial action until all its demands are met.
