[Photo: Willis Awandu/Standard]Operations in all public universities could Thursday be disrupted if lecturers make good their threat to down their tools despite a court order barring them. Kenya University Staff Union (Kusu) and University Academic Staff Union (Uasu) officially launched their strike Wednesday after their one-week notice lapsed without any communication from the Government. Uasu Secretary General Constantine Wasonga said they were withdrawing their services until the 2013-2017 collective bargaining agreement was negotiated, signed, registered and an implementation schedule agreed. "I gave the notice for a strike on January 12, 2017, to the Inter Public Universities Council Consultative Forum (IPUCCF). "The only arrest we fear is cardiac arrest," he said while launching the strike at the University of Nairobi Chancellors Court Wednesday afternoon.

Source: Standard Digital January 18, 2017 19:55 UTC