UASU and two other worker’s unions have called off the three-month strike at Moi University after signing a return-to-work deal.
Education CS Julius Ogamba and higher education PS Beatrice Inyangala were at the university to witness the signing of the deal.
Under the deal, the government will immediately provide Sh500 million.
The Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic Hotels and Education Institutions and Allied Workers Union (KUDHEIHA) also signed the deal that will now see more than 900 dons and 2,300 other workers resume work at the university
VC Isaac Kosgey and Council Chairman Humprey Njuguna led the university in signing the deal.
Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary General Constantine Wasonga said KUSU National Secretary James Mogaka said they had negotiated and agreed that the demands by the workers would be met halfway.
Wasonga said the government, through the CS, had given a road map on how it would provide more than the Sh8.6 billion demanded by the workers.
“To the workers, let's go back to work on Monday, and although we did not get all that we wanted, at least we got something. Even the tail is meat," Wasonga said.
Wasonga said the lecturers and other workers would work with the university to recover lost time in terms of learning programmes at the university.
CS Ogamba said the government would take immediate remedial action to rectify challenges at Moi University.
The CS said the university was on its deathbed and announced that management changes at the university through due process were already underway.
“We will also closely monitor all the public universities so that we do not get to situations like the one we have at Moi University.
currently," Ogamba said.
He said the deal was a major breakthrough in dealing with challenges at Moi University.
Ogamba said the problems at the university were squarely to blamed on those in decision-making positions at the institution of higher learning.
“The students and workers have suffered because of wrong decisions they did not participate in making," said Ogamba.
He said the mistakes made at Moi University should never be allowed to recur again.
VC Kosgey said the university would resume full operations, including plans to host this year's graduation for more than 6,000 graduates in the month of December.
He said the university would work hard to restore its lost glory through the provision of quality education.
Council Chairman Njuguna admitted that the university had lost its image, with everyone now doubting its standing.
“I promise you that we will turn around this university moving forward. Let's forgive each other because of the differences we have had so that we move forward," said Njuguna.
PS Inyangala told the students that the strike was a minor setback and they would emerge stronger.
