By FAITH NYAMAIMore by this AuthorPolice in Nairobi have stopped striking lectures and other university staff from holding demonstrations. The lecturers were matching from the University of Nairobi to the Ministry of Education’s Jogoo House offices, when police barricaded the road and ordered them to disperse. Kenya Universities Staff Union Secretary-General Charles Mukhwaya said that his union members would not be intimidated by threats from the universities. The unions have asked the lecturers and other university staff to disregard all memos or directives from universities. The lecturers are demanding that the government and universities council table a counter offer of the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Source: Daily Nation April 18, 2018 11:20 UTC