{"id":6202,"date":"2026-09-24T08:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=6202"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:19:51","slug":"uasu-issues-seven-day-notice-for-nationwide-lecturers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=6202","title":{"rendered":"UASU ISSUES SEVEN-DAY NOTICE FOR NATIONWIDE LECTURERS\u2019 STRIKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>UASU ISSUES SEVEN-DAY NOTICE FOR NATIONWIDE LECTURERS\u2019 STRIKE<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<pre><strong>By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor <\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WA_1790262475365.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6232\" src=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WA_1790262475365-300x136.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WA_1790262475365-300x136.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/livenation254.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/WA_1790262475365.jpeg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has issued a seven-day notice for a nationwide strike, with the industrial action set to begin at midnight on <strong>Friday, October 2, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>UASU says the decision follows what it describes as the persistent failure by university councils, the Ministry of Education and the National Treasury to honour the <strong>Return-to-Work Formula signed on November 5, 2025<\/strong>, as well as the lack of a government financial counter-proposal for the <strong>2025\u20132029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The union says the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) informed university-sector unions on September 21 that neither the Ministry of Education nor the National Treasury had provided a written commitment that funding for public university CBAs would come through the National Exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>UASU has also rejected what it says is an emerging proposal to fund lecturers&#8217; remuneration through student fees and market-based funding, arguing that academic staff in public universities remain public officers.<\/p>\n<p>The union is demanding that the 2025\u20132029 CBA be negotiated, signed, registered and implemented, with the Government providing a clear commitment that the agreement will be funded through the National Exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>UASU is further calling for protection of lecturers\u2019 public-officer status and wants the proposed <strong>Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Bill, 2026<\/strong> to explicitly safeguard the remuneration of academic staff from the Exchequer.<\/p>\n<p>The union warned that failure to address its concerns could disrupt learning in public universities from October 2, insisting that lecturers deserve dignified and fair remuneration to safeguard the quality and future of public university education in Kenya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UASU ISSUES SEVEN-DAY NOTICE FOR NATIONWIDE LECTURERS\u2019 STRIKE By Jeff Kizzilah Digital Editor The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has issued a seven-day notice for&hellip; 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