Lecturers get 3.5% pay rise in KSh 20 billion deal to end university strike
The lecturers' union UASU and the government agreed a KSh 20 billion deal on October 28 to end the university lecturers' strike. The Standard reported that the deal gives lecturers a 3.5 percent salary increase.
University lecturers and the government struck a KSh 20 billion deal on October 28 to end the lecturers' strike. The Daily Nation and The Star both reported the agreement that evening. The Star said the deal was reached between the government and the lecturers' union, UASU. Its headline greeted the breakthrough as "white smoke". The agreement came after intense talks, the Daily Nation reported on October 30. The paper published an inside account of the negotiations that unlocked the KSh 20 billion deal. The Standard reported on October 31 that the deal leaves lecturers with a 3.5 percent salary increase. On the same day, the Daily Nation published a breakdown of what lecturers will earn under the new terms. Not every dispute is settled. The Star reported on October 29 that some…
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