Varsity lecturers, staff jam to 'anguka nayo' as strike begins

Lecturers and staff from public universities on Wednesday took to the streets to air their grievances as their strike officially took effect.

The lecturers and other university staff were armed with vuvuzelas, whistles and placards on which they had written messages they wanted to pass across.

They are workers under the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) and the Kenya Universities Staff Union (Kusu).

As the strike was officially declared on by the union officials, they could be seen dancing to the a variety of songs being played.

With calculated dance steps, they jammed to the famous 'anguka nayo' song that has been common since the anti-finance bill protests.

They also danced to 'unbwogable', another hit song that has taken the airwaves by storm, and which was famous during the 2002 political campaigns.

They have downed their tools over a dispute surrounding the 2021-25 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

UASU Secretary General Constantine Wasonga said the two unions will still be negotiating with the government with members on strike.

The strike was launched by Kusu and Uasu officials at the Technical University of Kenya.