Egerton University is facing a financial crisis that has forced the Board of Management to suspend all academic staff union leaders for participating in an “illegal strike”.
The Njoro campus in Nakuru was closed on November 26th last year after more than 600 lecturers staged a walkout to protest the university’s failure to fully implement a controversial 2017-2021 collective bargaining agreement.
Doctor Kibu said in the city of Nakuru that the union had involved management to end the strike, accusing the management of “dishonest negotiations”, which only led to intimidation and coercion to return to work without addressing their grievances. Tried to do.
Dr. Kibu claimed that union leaders were suspended on Monday without due process as per law.
She further claimed that the university administration was breaking labor laws by requiring the lecturers to work long hours without pay.
He also explained that the university also wants Don to bear the increased workload without increasing his salary, and furthermore, they have withheld our salaries.
Further, it said the university has failed to implement the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement, which has been effectively implemented by more than 25 public universities, as per a court order dated January 15, 2021. has gone.
The new third-party and statutory deductions, according to union officials, have not been transmitted by management since 2017, and the amount owed is billions of shillings.
University officials said they were protesting for their denied labor rights, declaring that the strike is valid and protected by labor laws, and that our members would not resume work until their complaints were addressed. are not resolved and the return to work formula is not signed.
