Public university workers have mounted a direct appeal to the National Assembly, seeking urgent intervention to resolve a four-year-old salary dispute that has paralyzed higher education and pitted unions against state Treasury officials. The petition was submitted by the National Secretary Generals of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU), Dr. Constantine Wesonga Opiyo, and the […]
A heated debate unfolded in the National Assembly on Wednesday, October 8, as Members of Parliament (MPs) pressed the Ministry of Education to fast-track negotiations with striking university lecturers, whose industrial action has crippled learning in public universities nationwide. The legislators demanded immediate intervention from Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Migos Ogamba to end the […]
President William Ruto finally speaks after lecturer’s strike enters day 3 disrupting learning across many public universities countrywide. He noted that, Kenya’s public universities are making commendable progress in strengthening their role in teaching and training the country’s human capital, due to latest improved funding and reforms helping them run smoothly. During the meeting with […]