Egerton University lecturers threaten strike over Ksh.2B salary arrears

Speaking after holding a crisis meeting, UASU officials complained about the delay in the implementation of the 2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between its staff and the institution's management. 

The union is also demanding the immediate replacement of the acting Vice Chancellor of the university, Isaac Kibwage, whose tenure is due to end in October 2026. 

They cited the law, which provides a five-year term for a VC, renewable only once, with no room for further extension.

The officials called on the acting VC to proceed on terminal leave to allow the institution to recruit his successor. 

"The university has not paid our salary arrears dating back to 2018, amounting to over Ksh.2 billion in what the management calls pending bills yet selective payment of the same continues even with the CEO himself being a beneficiary of the same," said one of the UASU officials.