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Moi University lecturers have joined the nationwide strike to push for implementation of the 2025-2029 CBA agreement and salary increment.
Uasu chapter officials at the university led by branch secretary Robert Oduori said they would remain on the boycott until their demands are fully met.
“The government must act fast and end this matter by implementing what we want if they want the strike to end. If not we are out for as long as it will take," Oduori said.
He urged Uasu officials not to call off the strike on the basis of promissory notes but ensure everything is negotiated and implemented.
Oduori said an offer of three per cent basic salary increment annually was an abuse which they were not ready to take.
He said the dons will not accept proposals by some government officials that salaries for lecturers should be paid from fees collected from students.
National trustee of Uasu Jane Michaels described the offer of three per cent increment on basic salary as an abuse considering that currently the inflation rate stood at more than six per cent.
She said dons were service providers and cannot generate their salaries from learners as suggested.
“We are public servants and must be paid from Treasury. We have not heard of police officers being told to collect salaries from people they arrest or doctors being told to collect their pay from patients." she said.
She said dons cannot be public servants only when taxes like SHA and housing levy are being collected yet they are considered not to be civil servants when it comes to payment of salaries and other benefits.
The officials also demanded that specific demands for the dons at Moi University must also be dealt with alongside the national strike.
Oduori said the 2017 and 2021 CBA was yet to be fully implemented with the government yet to pay Sh1.2 billion owed to lecturers.
The union says over Sh3 billion owed to the pension scheme at the university was yet to be settled.
He said the issues at the university must be sorted out so that they do not remain on strike if and when the national strike will be resolved.
“We don’t enjoy strikes but we are always pushed to do so so that we get our rates. We can avoid strike situations if the government gets serious on dealing with the challenges we face," Oduori said.
Moi University lecturers during a meeting to launch their strike in Eldoret in October 2nd 2026
