UASU’s Moi University branch secretary Prof Robert Oduori at a meeting in Eldoret on April 21, 2026

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The lecturers’ union has threatened to call a strike at Moi University over what they termed as delayed salaries and the non-remittance of more than Sh10 billion to their pension scheme.

Officials from the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) say the situation has deteriorated to the point where many lecturers are unable to report to work, citing what they describe as working conditions they consider intolerable.

UASU’s Moi University branch secretary, Prof Robert Oduori, claimed the university management has not honoured commitments made in the 2024 return-to-work agreement that ended a three-month strike.

The union is now demanding the removal of all acting senior managers at the institution. “We have able people who can effectively run the university,” Oduori said.

He said the process of appointing substantive managers must be completed to restore stability.

The dispute came just days after the High Court ordered the freezing of all Moi University bank accounts in a legal battle with a contractor seeking more than Sh1.2 billion over a stalled project.

Oduori said although Higher Education Principal Secretary Beatrice Inyangala was among those who signed the return-to-work agreement, little has been done to ensure its implementation.

“We are now going without salaries, yet timely payment of dues was one of the key items in the agreement,” he said. Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) secretary Mary Chepkwemoi urged President William Ruto to intervene and help address the situation at the university.

She warned that the freezing of bank accounts would significantly disrupt operations at the institution.

“Most of our members are unable even to feed their families. It is painful that we have to keep crying out, yet no assistance is coming our way,” Chepkwemoi said.

She cautioned that workers could be forced to down their tools if their grievances are not addressed. Both Chepkwemoi and Oduori said attempts to engage the university management in dialogue had stalled, with no meaningful progress made.