The Universities
Academic Staff Union has called off the public universities lecturers strike.
The announcement was
made by UASU officials Tuesday afternoon after an agreement was reached with
the government on their negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
Demands over the
implementation of the Sh10 billion CBA paid off last week when the Ministry of
Education promised to disburse the Sh5.2 billion balance.
University Education
Principal Secretary, Collette Suda in a letter dated July 13 and addressed to
Paul Kanyari, Chairperson, Inter-Public Universities Council Consultative Forum
said: "The National Treasury has granted authority to the ministry to
incur the expenditure of Sh5.2 billion."
The government had
already released Sh4.775 billion to the university lecturers and workers but
they had rejected it demanding the implementation of the full amount.
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