Kenya: Varsity staff to strike over pay dispute

Public university lecturers in Kenya are planning to call a strike next month if the Government does not start immediate negotiations over salaries. The Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) officials have started meeting members to seek an endorsement of the planned strike should they fail to push the Government to the negotiating table. At the heart of the impending confrontation is the lecturers' quest for a new Collective Bargaining Agreement following the expiry of another one effected two years ago.