Government, University Unions Seal KSh20 Billion Deal to End Lecturers’ Strike as Staff Prepare to Resume Work
By Bruno Aero News Desk University staff unions, paving the way for the resumption of learning in public universities across the country. The Government has reached a major breakthrough in the protracted university lecturers’ strike after signing a KSh20 billion agreement with university staff unions, paving the way for the resumption of learning in public universities across the country. The agreement, reached yesterday between the Government and three university staff unions the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) — provides a framework for implementing the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The deal brings to an end an industrial dispute that had disrupted academic programmes, interrupted university operations and left thousands of students uncertain about their academic calendars. Under the agreement,...
