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Kenya: Lecturers and University Staff Down Tools in Salaries Row
Nation, 1 March 2018
Learning in public universities and medical colleges was paralysed on Thursday after lecturers, university staff and some specialist doctors downed their tools to demand structured… Read more »
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Kenya: Lecturers to Go on Strike Next Week
Nation, 21 February 2018
Learning in public universities will be paralysed in a week's time after the government failed to table a counter proposal to the lecturers' pay demands. Read more »
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Kenya: Kusu Threatens Lecturers' Strike If State Stalls Negotiations
Nation, 17 February 2018
Public universities could face another nationwide lecturers' strike, following stalled negotiations between the staff union and the government over a 2017-2021 collective… Read more »
Alarm Bells as Kenya's University Staff Go on Strike
Members of various university staff unions have said they will not return to work until the government agrees to table a counter-offer to their 2017-2021 collective bargaining agreement proposal that is expected to restructure salaries and enhance quality education.
Kenya Universities Staff Union officials at a press conference in Nakuru on February 17, 2018.
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In its proposal, the Universities Academic Staff Union wants a graduate assistant to earn a basic salary of between U.S.$1,935 and U.S.$3,026, assistant lecturer to get between ... Read more »
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The lecturers have been on strike since November 1, 2017, demanding higher pay. Read more »
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The National Treasury has granted the ministry of education approval to use the funds, a move that could signal the end of the strike that has paralysed learning in 31 public ... Read more »
