Learning in varsities paralysed as details emerge on offer unions rejected

 

Universities Academic Staff Union members at Masinde Muliro University 

Learning in public universities was paralysed for the second day on Thursday, even as courts issued a second order barring non-teaching staff from staging work boycotts.

It emerged that managers of the institutions of higher learning were considering shutting them down as effects of the strike continued to bite.

Rongo University was the first to close, with communication from the university’s Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic and Students Affairs Prof Michael Ntabo.

“Senate at the meeting held on Thursday, September 19, 2024 resolved that due to disturbances in the University in the last 24 hours, all Third year students are directed to vacate the University for the safety of University property, other students, staff and community,” Ntabo said.

On Thursday, the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) insisted that the strike will continue, with reports that the union would disregard a court order issued a day after the strike started.

By Augustine Oduor and Mike