Moi University lecturers call off strike after deal with council

Moi University lecturers have called off their industrial action after reaching an agreement with the university council.

According to the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) branch Secretary General Dr. Busolo Wekesa, both parties negotiated on several issues that they had raised and agreed to resolve them on an issue-by-issue basis.

The SG noted that the council agreed to withdraw the redundancy letters that had been issued to the members of the staff.

"Those who received redundancy letters will return to work as the university council has agreed to withdraw those letters," Wekesa stated. 

Both parties also reached a consensus on the call for the promotion of 56 dons who had been interviewed in December last year and also for the university to review the statute on the appointment mode of deans as before.

Dr. Busolo said they also agreed on the instant promotion of lecturers once they are back from further studies abroad.

On statutory deductions and pending arrears, the parties resolved to iron out the issue once they receive funds from the exchequer.

"We have also settled on arrears and pension whereby both parties agreed to settle the matter once the government disburses the funds," he noted. 

The strike, which commenced on August 20, 2025, has been ongoing as the lecturers noted that they wouldn't resume their duties till the return-to-work formula signed with the university council on November 30, 2024, is implemented. 

The union also demanded that salaries for June and July 2025 should be paid as per the negotiated 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) rates.

Additionally, it wanted the clauses on review and promotion of staff and retirement age in the negotiated 2021-2025 national CBA to be fully honoured.