Striking lecturers at the University of Eldoret have carried out protests at the institution vowing not to resume work until their demands are met by the government.
They insist the government should implement all details in the recently signed return to work formula failure to which they would sustain their work boycott.
The dons were led by UASU branch officials including branch secretary Phillip Chebunet and chairman Nyaberi Mogaka.
They have also asked parents to take back their children from the college because no learning was going on.
“We know some universities are already threatening UASU members but that will not cause us to give up. We will strike until the money we want is in the banks,” Chebunet said.
He said the expected inter-ministerial meeting to be held tomorrow (Thursday) must be used to conclusively deal with the strike issues so that lecturers can return to work.
Nyaberi said they were demanding an annual pay rise of four per cent in the recent return to work deal even though dons were grossly underpaid.
The union officials said the use of threats by university managers against the dons would flop because none of them was willing to resume work with current frustrations.
Chebunet said they would wait until the national officials of the union call off the ongoing strike.
“No one else will tell us or force us to back and teach. It’s impossible,” he said.
This came as efforts to end the ongoing strike at Moi University also failed to yield results even as the university is expected to reopen its doors tomorrow.
The Ministry of Labour called for an emergency meeting between Moi University managers and UASU officials to mediate the talks.
UASU Moi University branch chairman Richard Okero confirmed that they had been called to Nairobi by the Ministry of Labour.
He, however, said they were not part of the plans to reopen the university because they had not been paid their demands.
The Moi University workers are demanding salary-related dues which they claim amount to over Sh10 billion before they resume work.
The university was shut down a month ago due to the strike by all its workers.
