UASU 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 lecturers dismiss SRC’s Sh3.1 billion offer for 2025–2029 CBA
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 23, 2025

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...

Over 40 lecturers of Technical University of Kenya interdicted for participating in nationwide strike
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 22, 2025

The Technical University of Kenya began its own protest after issuing interdiction letters to more than 40 academic staff participating in the strike....

Audit report puts SRC under fire over Sh7.7 billion university salary arrears
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 16, 2025

The report recommends urgent talks between the Ministry of Education, SRC, and university councils to reconcile figures and find resources to settle t...

Public universities told to discipline striking staff as legal standoff intensifies
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 14, 2025

Technical University of Kenya Vice Chancellor Benedict Mutua confirmed that his institution has already taken disciplinary action.

Lecturers' strike deepens as talks between university unions, government collapse
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 14, 2025

Union leaders walked out of the meeting, accusing the government of failing to honour commitments on outstanding salary arrears under the 2017–2021 Co...

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...

KUPPET, UASU on Registrar’s radar over disputed constitutions ahead of polls
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 03, 2025

The amendments, currently facing a legal challenge, were widely seen as a strategy to help long-serving officials retain control.

Sh7.9 billion at centre of prolonged gov't–lecturers standoff as students warn of joining strike
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 02, 2025

As the financial dispute remains unresolved, the strike has amplified existing challenges in public universities, including crumbling infrastructure a...

Strike standoff as lecturers demand full payment before returning to work
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 01, 2025

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...

Lecturers want CS’s Ogamba, Mbadi and Mutua jailed as university strike halts learning
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 24, 2025

Despite the suspension of the strike by the courts, UASU has vowed to continue industrial action until all its demands are met.

University lecturers told ‘strike must end now’ as government enforces court order
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 18, 2025

CS Ogamba said the Employment and Labour Relations Court had issued an order earlier on Thursday stopping the industrial action, pending a legally san...

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...

Government releases Sh2.5 billion to avert nationwide strike by university lecturers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 17, 2025

UASU had issued a seven-day strike notice last week, accusing the government of failing to honour its commitments under the current CBA and demanding...

Public universities face lecturer shortage despite rising enrolments, says CUE
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

Despite efforts to hire more qualified staff, public institutions still face a shortage of PhD holders, an ageing pool of professors, and high depende...

Lecturers in 41 public universities issue 7-day strike notice over unpaid CBAs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 10, 2025

UASU Secretary General Constantine Wasonga said the government had failed to fulfil negotiated and registered CBAs, leaving lecturers with no choice b...

Moi University lecturers call off three-week strike after breakthrough talks with management
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 09, 2025

The parties also agreed to promote 56 lecturers who had been interviewed in December last year and to review the statute governing the appointment of...

Moi University strike enters third week as lecturers allege dismissal threats
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 02, 2025

UASU official Duncan Mukhwana said the union is aware of attempts to force lecturers back to work through threats of termination.

Moi University assures students of continuity amid looming UASU strike
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 15, 2025

Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof Kiplagat Kotut, said the University is actively engaging with UASU leadership, the Ministry of Education, and other relev...

Education CS Julius Ogamba announces major shake-up in public university leadership
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 26, 2025

The changes, made under the authority of various sections of the Universities Act, are intended to reinforce governance, policy oversight, and institu...

UASU sues KEMRI over plan to retire scientists, professors before age 74
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 24, 2025

The University Academic Staff Union argues that KEMRI’s decision to retire staff at 65 is unlawful and violates an existing collective bargaining agre...

Funding delay forces 2,105 students out of school, over 7,000 suspend studies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 25, 2025

The failure to release the remaining funds has disrupted learning and forced institutions to operate under tight financial strain, despite continuing...

Moi University defends layoff of 376 staff, citing Sh8.8 billion debt crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 17, 2025

The university says the retrenchment is expected to save Sh120 million each month, though MPs have questioned the legality, fairness, and timing of th...

Moi University staff cry foul over job cuts and unpaid deductions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

Kenya University Staff Union, Moi University Chapter, said staff were being declared redundant without dialogue, only for their roles to be outsourced...

Staff unions demand reinstatement of 900 Moi University workers, warn of academic crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 20, 2025

Wasonga demanded that the university revoke all redundancy letters and reinstate the affected workers, noting that Education Cabinet Secretary Julius...

UASU sues Moi University over planned job cuts
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 05, 2025

The union argues that the layoffs violate the agreed terms between the union and the university management, accusing the institution of bypassing prop...

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