{"id":1143,"date":"2026-11-07T12:08:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1143"},"modified":"2026-11-07T12:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T12:08:51","slug":"university-unions-want-parliament-to-guarantee-sh20-billion-lecturers-deal-by-cyrus-munyao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"University unions want parliament to guarantee sh20  billion lecturers&#8217; deal by Cyrus Munyao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three university workers&#8217; unions have appealed to Parliament to guarantee the release of Sh20 billion promised under the lecturers&#8217; return-to-work agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) made the appeal before parliamentary committees on education and labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo: Courtesy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4.png 765w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-4-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unions want the National Treasury to release the funds to facilitate the implementation of the 2025\u20132029 Collective Bargaining Agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the agreement signed on October 30, 2026, the Treasury is expected to release approximately Sh6.7 billion annually in three instalments covering the 2026\/2027, 2027\/2028 and 2028\/2029 financial years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UASU Secretary General Constantine Wasonga said the government must honour its financial commitments to prevent another dispute between university workers and their employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unions have also called for the settlement of outstanding debts owed to public universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Labour Committee Chairperson Ken Chonga warned that failure to secure Treasury backing could threaten the agreement and potentially trigger another strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development comes as public universities seek to restore stability following prolonged disputes over staff remuneration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three university workers&#8217; unions have appealed to Parliament to guarantee the release of Sh20 billion promised under the lecturers&#8217; return-to-work agreement. The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) made the appeal before parliamentary committees on education and labour. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1145,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1143\/revisions\/1145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}