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Kenya: Lecturers in Fresh Strike Threat Over Pay Dispute
Nation, 2 October 2017
Lecturers in 31 public universities are Tuesday expected to issue a 21-day strike notice after the government failed to implement their pay increase. Read more »
Kenya Lecturers in Fresh Strike Threat Over Pay Dispute
Lecturers in 31 public universities are expected to issue a 21-day strike notice after the government failed to implement their pay increase. If they make good on their threat, this will be the third time they will be going on strike this year.
Lecturers and university workers take to the streets over pay dispute on July 3, 2017.
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Kenya: UON September Staff Pay Delayed As Treasury Yet to Release Funds
Nation, 27 September 2017
Staff at the University of Nairobi will get this month's salary late due to the Treasury's delay in releasing funds amid austerity measures. Read more »
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Kenya: UON Staff Urged to Be Patient Over Salaries Delay
Nation, 26 September 2017
For the second month running, staff at the University of Nairobi will get their salaries late. Read more »
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Kenya: Varsity Lecturers to Stage Another Salary Strike
Nation, 11 September 2017
Learning at public universities is likely to be paralysed for the third time this year, as lectures have threatened to go on strike if their pay demands are not met by the end of… Read more »
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Kenya: Lecturers Set to Issue Fresh Strike Notice
Nation, 8 September 2017
Lecturers in 31 public universities are once again set to strike after their union leaders endorsed the plan on Friday. Read more »
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Kenya: Strike Set to Disrupt Learning in Public Varsities
Nation, 3 September 2017
Academic programmes in 31 public universities are once again set to be disrupted if lecturers make good their threat to boycott work from next week. Read more »
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Kenya: Court Stops SRC's New Pay Structure for Universities Academic Staff
Nation, 2 August 2017
A court has stopped the implementation of a new pay structure for all academic staff of public universities by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). Read more »
InFocus
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The lecturers will now get U.S.$49 million for basic salary increase and U.S,$5 million for house allowance. Read more »
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The end to the strike, which carried on for close to two weeks, was announced after an agreement was reached between the Universities Academic Staff Union and the government. Read more »
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The state has bowed to pressure and agreed to pay-up striking lecturers U.S.$50 million owed to them on top of the U.S.$46 million it has already paid. Read more »
