Hundreds of staff at Moi University have confronted the Parliamentary Committee on Education demanding the removal of the institution's management.
The lecturers and other workers confronted the committee chaired by Tinderet MP Julius Melly demanding the removal of the management at the university, saying the institution needs a fresh start.
The committee is holding a crisis meeting at Moi University amid a stand-off between lecturers, other workers and the management.
The University Vice Chancellor Isaac Kosgey had two days ago announced the reopening of the university with lessons expected to resume on Monday.
Despite the announcement, all the workers have vowed not to resume work unless they are paid all their dues.
“We are here to understand the actual situation and look into ways we can help to have the university resume normalcy,” Melly said.
He addressed the workers briefly before heading to the crisis meeting with representatives from worker’s unions UASU and KUSU along with the university management.
Melly told the workers that the university was facing serious challenges and that there may be need for change of management at the college.
Efforts to resolve the month-long strike by the workers have hit a snag as they demand to be paid all their dues amounting to over Sh10 billion.
The money includes Sh5 billion for the workers' pension scheme and another Sh1.2 billion for bank loans.
UASU branch secretary Ojuki Nyabuta said they were not part of the plan to reopen the university because they had not been paid their dues.
“We will not go back to class unless all our dues are paid. The management can reopen the university and do what they want but we are not part of that,” Ojuki said.
Some students have already reported back to the college amid uncertainty over its operations.
The angry lecturers and other workers are camping at the university's main campus waiting to be addressed by the MPs on the way forward.
Security has also been heightened at the university's main campus administration block where the meeting is taking place.
