University lecturers begin nationwide strike over pay and CBA

Teaching and learning activities in public universities across the country will be paralyzed effective midnight as the nationwide strike by the Universities’ Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU) and KUDHEIHA commence. This is after talks between the unions and the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum hit a dead end on Thursday. The lecturers have rejected an annual salary increment of 4% proposed by IPUCCF terming it a mockery and insisted on the immediate implementation of the 2025-2029 CBA. Meanwhile, the Kenya Union of Technical and Vocational Education Trainers (KUTVET) has suspended their strike for 14 days pending further negotiations with the Ministry of Education. Serine Achieng' Ouma with the details.