University lecturers begin nationwide strike over pay after talks collapse
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Teaching and
learning activities in public universities across the country will be paralysed
effective midnight as the nationwide strike by the Universities’ Academic Staff
Union (UASU), Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic,
Hotels, Educational Institutions and Hospitals Allied (KUDHEIHA) workers
commences.
This after talks
between the unions and the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative
Forum (IPUCCF) hit a dead end on Thursday.
The lecturers have
rejected an annual salary increment of 4 per cent proposed by IPUCCF, terming
it a mockery, and insisted on the immediate implementation of the 2025–2029
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
