Lecturers’ strike enters fourth week as unions petition Parliament
University lecturers and staff in Kenya have petitioned Parliament to intervene in a month-long strike over the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The unions are demanding a better pay offer and the settlement of outstanding salary arrears from previous agreements.
Why it matters
The ongoing strike highlights systemic issues in public sector funding and labor relations within the Kenyan education system.
Uasu secretary general Dr Constantine Wesonga addresses the press at the University of Nairobi grounds, Nairobi on October 15, 2026. /LEAH MUKANGAI University lecturers and non-teaching staff on strike have petitioned Parliament to intervene in the negotiations, signing and implementation of the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), urging MPs to compel the government to honour the pay deal.
In the petition to the National Assembly, the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu), Kenya Universities Staff Union (Kusu) and Kudheiha want lawmakers to compel the National Treasury and the Ministry of Education to table an adequate counter-offer backed by a written, binding commitment guaranteeing exchequer funding for the new CBA.
The unions contend that negotiations reached a deadlock after the Inter-Public Universities Consultative Forum (IPUCCF), representing the government, unilaterally settled on a counter-offer that does not adequately address the expanded components of the new agreement.
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