Also known as: KUSU
Kenya Universities Staff Union — staff union representing public university workers negotiating the 2025-2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement, leading strikes from October 2026.
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The Standard
… The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) rejected the government’s proposal for the 2025-2029 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on …
No deal, no classes as lecturers reject government offerThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeMembers of UASU, KUSU and KUDHEIHA in a solidarity song at Egerton University, when the three unions began a nationwide strike. …
Resolve lecturers' strike to end suffering among students and parentsThe Standard
… The talks, which began at 10 am yesterday, bring together the government and representatives of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and other unions representing university staff. …
State launches fresh CBA talks as lecturers' strike enters day threeCapital News
… The industrial action involves members of the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA). …
Lecturers and University Staff Down Tools Over 2025–2029 CBA DisputeThe Standard
… The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Universities and Colleges Allied Workers Union (KUDHEIHA) announced the strike after meeting IPUCCF in Machakos on Thursday. …
University staff unions reject pay offer, call nationwide strike from FridayThe Standard
… The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and Kenya Universities and Colleges Allied Workers Union (KUDHEIHA) announced the strike after meeting IPUCCF in Machakos on Thursday. …
Why university staff unions have rejected pay offerThe Standard
… In a statement dated October 1, 2026, the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) and KUDHEIHA Workers Union said the offer presented during a meeting with IPUCCF in Machakos failed to address their concerns and breached provisions of the p …
University unions reject pay offerThe Standard
… The Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) said the strike will begin on October 2 if the government and university employers fail to resolve the outstanding labour disputes surrounding the 2025-2029 National Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). …
KUSU issues seven-day strike notice over delayed CBACapital News
KISUMU, Kenya, Sep 25 — The Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) has issued a seven-day strike notice, joining the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) in threatening nationwide industrial action over stalled negotiations for the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CB …
Non-teaching university staff join lecturers in strike plan over stalled CBACitizen Digital
… Constantine Wasonga and his KUSU counterpart Dr. Charles Mukhwaya lead other union officials during a press conference on August 4, 2026. …
University lecturers warn of fresh strike over unpaid CBA arrearsThree academic unions rejected the government's salary proposal for the 2025-2029 collective bargaining agreement on October 12, with negotiations collapsing for the second time in a week. The unions say lecturers will not return to work until the agreement is negotiated, signed and implemented, prolonging a strike that affects thousands of public university students.
12 October 2026 · The Standard →
Three academic unions rejected the government's salary proposal for the 2025-2029 collective bargaining agreement on October 12, with negotiations collapsing for the second time in a week. The unions say lecturers will not return to work until the agreement is negotiated, signed and implemented, prolonging a strike that affects thousands of public university students.
12 October 2026 · The Standard →
The Standard editorial calls for resolution of the ongoing lecturers' strike, now in its seventh day, urging the government and UASU to address fundamental disagreements over university funding architecture and the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
8 October 2026 · The Standard →
The government has opened negotiations with university lecturers' unions over the 2025-29 Collective Bargaining Agreement, with a conciliator appointed by the Ministry of Labour leading talks involving UASU, KUSU, and other unions as the strike enters its third day.
7 October 2026 · The Standard →
Lecturers and staff in public universities have begun a nationwide strike after their unions rejected a counter-offer from the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum over the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The unions say the proposal fails to address key issues including salaries, allowances, medical benefits, and recruitment of additional staff, and have rejected a proposed automatic annual salary increase of four per cent as below the prevailing inflation rate.
2 October 2026 · Capital News →
Three university staff unions (UASU, KUSU, and KUDHEIHA) rejected a counter-offer from IPUCCF and called for a nationwide strike beginning Friday, disrupting teaching and learning in public universities.
2 October 2026 · The Standard →
Three university staff unions (UASU, KUSU, and KUDHEIHA) have rejected a counter-offer from the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum and called on members to withdraw labour, with teaching and learning in public universities set to be disrupted from Friday.
2 October 2026 · The Standard →
Three university workers' unions — UASU, KUSU, and KUDHEIHA — have rejected a counter-offer from the Inter-Public Universities Consultative Forum over salaries, allowances, medical benefits, and staffing, saying it breaches the previous collective bargaining agreement and fails to address their concerns, including a proposed 4% annual salary increment they view as inadequate given inflation above 6%.
1 October 2026 · The Standard →
The Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) has issued a seven-day strike notice, with staff at public universities and constituent colleges set to down tools from October 2, 2026, over prolonged delays in concluding and implementing the 2025-2029 National Collective Bargaining Agreement. The union said the strike will proceed if the government and university employers fail to resolve outstanding labour disputes surrounding the agreement.
26 September 2026 · The Standard →
The Kenya Universities Staff Union and Universities Academic Staff Union have issued seven-day strike notices over stalled negotiations for the 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement. UASU said the strike will begin at midnight on October 2, citing failures by university councils, the Ministry of Education and the National Treasury to honour the Return-to-Work Formula and provide a financial counter-proposal.
25 September 2026 · Capital News →
The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) and Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU) have accused the government of failing to honour Collective Bargaining Agreements, warning of fresh disruption if pending 2017–2021 and 2021–2025 CBA arrears are not paid in full immediately.
4 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →