Dedan Kimathi University Staff Protests Paralysis Traffic In Nyeri Highway
Some of the Dedan Kimathi University academic staff
By Paul Mwangi
Universities Academic Staff Union and the Kenya Universities Staff Union members at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology have joined other universities countrywide in protesting.
They held protests and paralyzed traffic along the Nyeri-Nyahururu highway.
The group complained about the delay in negotiating the 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the government.
UASU Nyeri chapter vice chairman Daniel Mwai said efforts to negotiate with the government to avert the strike were unsuccessful.
“We tried to talk to the government over our grievances but it came empty handed at the negotiating table, with nothing to offer to university lecturers and staff. That is why we were not able to come to any agreement,” Mr Mwai said.
The dons and non-teaching staff vowed to continue with the strike until the government addressed their grievances.
“We will go on with this strike until that time when the government will iron out our grievances. We want the government to intervene and treat university staff and lecturers like any other State officers. We have waited for almost four years now without having these negotiations resolved,” the vice chairman said.
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