The planned strike slated to start today is still on. Speaking to
UTENSU and UASU members this morning at the Moi University Main Campus
Administration Block, UTENSU Chairman, Moi University Chapter, Mr
Nyakonyi, said the strike will go on as planned despite a court order
seeking to bar them.
Last week on Friday, the Vice Chancellors from all Public Universities had allegedly gone to court to seek an injunction to halt the planned strike. However, this did not go down well with the University staff Unions, which have vehemently condemned and termed the move as “desperate”. They added that the University cannot be controlled from the court rooms.
Earlier on, dilemma emerged over the direction the two unions were to take, as a result of the court injunction. However arrival of representative from National office, Mr. Abok, set the record straight over the matter maintaining that the strike was still on. He reiterated that, they had no powers to call off the strike, after UASU launched it yesterday.
The speakers who spoke during the charged meeting took issue with the Vice Chancellors for their unending suffering, citing Moi University Vice Chancellor Prof Richard Mibey and the management for the current impasse.
"We want them to give us what the government gave them to give us’’ added a member. Moreover, the Union representative, Mr. Abok sought answers to why other public universities like University of Eldoret (Chepkoilel), Masinde Muliro University, and Egerton University had been fully paid as agreed on the CBA, yet they operated within the same system as these universities.
Following the last strike, the Government had signed an agreement and awarded the University staff Kshs 7.8 billion, which was to be implemented in two phases. With the first phase starting July to December 2012 and the other dating back to July to December 2010. So far Moi University has received Kshs 340 million, which according to Mr Abok doesn’t even hit a quarter of what they had earlier negotiated for. As a result the Unions ascertain that the University is yet to pay them Kshs 104 million more.
Resolutions
After a long open consultative meeting between the two Unions' officials and members present, they finally agreed that, the strike is on, chanting their famous slogan ‘NO MONEY, NO WORK’. They also stood firm against the court injunction, saying that they will soldier on with their fight. They also took a jab at the usual police presence every time they called a meeting, adding that this time round they won’t be intimidated by anyone including the police.
Last week on Friday, the Vice Chancellors from all Public Universities had allegedly gone to court to seek an injunction to halt the planned strike. However, this did not go down well with the University staff Unions, which have vehemently condemned and termed the move as “desperate”. They added that the University cannot be controlled from the court rooms.
Earlier on, dilemma emerged over the direction the two unions were to take, as a result of the court injunction. However arrival of representative from National office, Mr. Abok, set the record straight over the matter maintaining that the strike was still on. He reiterated that, they had no powers to call off the strike, after UASU launched it yesterday.
The speakers who spoke during the charged meeting took issue with the Vice Chancellors for their unending suffering, citing Moi University Vice Chancellor Prof Richard Mibey and the management for the current impasse.
"We want them to give us what the government gave them to give us’’ added a member. Moreover, the Union representative, Mr. Abok sought answers to why other public universities like University of Eldoret (Chepkoilel), Masinde Muliro University, and Egerton University had been fully paid as agreed on the CBA, yet they operated within the same system as these universities.
Following the last strike, the Government had signed an agreement and awarded the University staff Kshs 7.8 billion, which was to be implemented in two phases. With the first phase starting July to December 2012 and the other dating back to July to December 2010. So far Moi University has received Kshs 340 million, which according to Mr Abok doesn’t even hit a quarter of what they had earlier negotiated for. As a result the Unions ascertain that the University is yet to pay them Kshs 104 million more.
Resolutions
After a long open consultative meeting between the two Unions' officials and members present, they finally agreed that, the strike is on, chanting their famous slogan ‘NO MONEY, NO WORK’. They also stood firm against the court injunction, saying that they will soldier on with their fight. They also took a jab at the usual police presence every time they called a meeting, adding that this time round they won’t be intimidated by anyone including the police.
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