Parliament seeks to unlock lecturers strike stalemate
The Kenyan Parliament has intervened in a three-week lecturers' strike by referring a petition from university staff unions to joint committees. The unions are protesting the failure to implement the 2025-29 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Why it matters
The strike has caused significant disruption to public education, and parliamentary intervention is a critical step toward resolving the funding stalemate.
MPs in session at Parliament Buildings Parliament has stepped into the lecturers’ strike stalemate, with two House teams making fresh efforts to end the three-week disruption of learning in public universities.
The intervention came after three university staff unions petitioned the National Assembly over what they termed unresolved funding and implementation issues surrounding the 2025-29 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
Speaker Moses Wetang’ula yesterday referred the petition by the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kudheiha to the joint committees on Education and Labour.
The petition, signed by UASU secretary general Dr Constantine Wasonga, KUSU secretary general Dr Charles Mukhwana and Kudheiha National Trustee Odoyo Genga, accuses the Ministry of Education and the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF) of failing to honour commitments made under return-to-work agreements.
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