Unions in public universities have protested Education CS Fred Matiang’i’s order to put employees under contract employment starting next year. The two - the University Academic Staff Union and Kenya University Staff Union - say the move by Matiang’i was illegal and ill-advised. Wasonga argues the directive would also go against the unions’ Collective Bargaining Agreement that championed the permanent employment of staff at a certain level. “The attack on employment contracts for university staff is illegal, unconstitutional and a breach of employment laws in the country,” he said. University employees are equal to other public sector employees and nobody ever suggested the others be put on contract and non-pensionable terms,” Kenya University Staff Union secretary general Charles Mukhwaya said.

Source: The Star November 16, 2017 21:33 UTC