UoE lecturers, workers join nationwide strike

Lecturers and other workers at the University of Eldoret have joined the ongoing strike at all universities to push for the implementation of their 2021- 25 CBA.

The more than 800 lecturers and other employees said they would not resume work until their demands were met.

The striking lecturers are led by UASU branch secretary Phillip Chebunet and Robinson Korir from the Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU).

“We will not accept to have our universities sink into problems because of poor policies by the government like the so-called new funding model,” said Chebunet.

He said Vice Chancellors had claimed that the new funding model was working and the should therefore use the money they get to pay workers.

Korir said they would paralyse learning at the university until their demands are met.