Kenyatta University exams rescheduled due to dons’ strike

Acting KU Vice-Chancellor Paul Wainaina who has announced that the end of semester exams which were to start on November 20, 2017 have been rescheduled due the the ongoing lecturers' strike. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA group

What you need to know:

  • Acting Vice-Chancellor Paul Wainaina said they are in talks with the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders over the issue.
  • Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has criticised the lecturers’ leadership over the strike.
  • The lecturers’ strike which started on November 1 has paralysed learning.

Kenyatta University has rescheduled end of semester examinations that were set to start on Monday due to the ongoing strike by lecturers.

Acting Vice-Chancellor Paul Wainaina said the university is in talks with the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders over the issue.

"The university management calls upon all students to remain calm as the issue is addressed," said Prof Wainaina in a memo to students and staff.

He said a new schedule of the semester calendar will be communicated as soon as possible.

The lecturers’ strike which started on November 1 has paralysed learning in Kenyan public universities.

The lecturers are demanding the implementation of their 2013-2017 collective bargaining agreement which was signed early 2017.

Meanwhile, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has criticised the lecturers’ leadership for crisscrossing the country “to incite others so that they do not teach”.

“It is sad that a lecturer at Maseno University has time to move around several public universities to ensure that they are not in class to teach,” lamented Dr Matiang’i.