Kenyas UASU ends strike
News & Trends •
university lecturers in kenya grouped under the universities academic staff union uasu have ended a strike over low pay after reaching an agreement with authorities a union official said allowing classes to resume after being suspended since early march1 strikes by public workers in the country have become more frequent in recent years often over low pay and other grievances1 constantine wasonga secretary general of the union said the union had reached an agreement with the inter public universities councils consultative forum ipuccf which negotiates lecturers welfare with the government1 as the strike is now over all students are invited to resume their studies immediately wasonga said1 he did not provide details of the agreement but said negotiations with the government would continue1 aside from the pay issue the lecturers had also demanded access to services available to other public servants like car loans and higher quality medical insurance1 some public workers accuse the government of president uhuru kenyatta of neglecting them and failing to curb widespread corruption that they say swallows money that could be used to raise their pay1 government officials deny the accusation1