Kenyan university lecturers resume after 20 billion shilling deal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
Kenya’s university staff union has ended a four-week strike after signing a 20 billion Kenyan shilling agreement with the government. Lecturers are to resume teaching immediately and students return to their universities on Monday 2 November, according to Tuko.
The Kenyan Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has called off its national strike after signing a 20 billion Kenyan shilling agreement with the government on Friday 30 October, Tuko reports. Its secretary-general, Constantine Wasonga, called on lecturers to resume teaching immediately and asked students to return to their universities on Monday 2 November.
The strike began on 2 October and disrupted university activities for four weeks. The agreement covers the basic salaries and allowances provided for in the 2025–2029 collective bargaining agreement. Its amount exceeds by 8.04 billion shillings the government’s 11.96 billion shilling proposal presented on 26 October, which the union rejected.
The negotiations concerned lecturers’ remuneration for the four years covered by the agreement. Wasonga said UASU had also rejected an earlier offer of 9.76 billion shillings, which it considered insufficient.
