Three weeks into the lecturers strike, the game seems to have become one of hard stances with lecturers last week threatening to stay out of classes for a year if they need to and now treasury saying a counter offer on the lecturers’ salaries will only come after job evaluation…
Despite a court order directing lecturers to stop the on-going strike and resume work, the unions have vowed to carry on, saying they’ll challenge last week’s ruling which found their strike illegal. “The union will not waver in its pursuit for the negotiation, signing and implementation of the CBA. IPUCCF…
Education CS Amina Mohamed will name Moi Univerity’s new Vice Chancellor next week, ending year’s row over the position. Acting VC Laban Ayiro’s tenure will end on Monday. Sources at the ministry told the Star that professor Isaac Kosgey will be appointed. Kosgey topped in interviews conducted last year amid…
Remember an incident from 2009 where Chris Brown beat up Rihanna? Well, some ‘geniuses’ at Snapchat somehow thought that using it in their advertising was a good idea. The ad in question was for the mobile game “Would You Rather?,” and it presented users with two options: “Slap Rihanna” or…
The Employment and Labour Relations Court yesterday declared the on-going lecturers’ strike illegal and unprotected ordering the striking lecturers to get back to work by 8 AM Monday. “In my view of my findings herein that the strike is not in compliance with the mandatory procedure provided by the Labour…
WASHINGTON, United States, Mar 14 – From Washington to Los Angeles, students walked out of US classrooms Wednesday in the largest grassroots protest against gun violence seen in years, demanding action one month to the day after a deadly shooting rampage at a Florida high school. Hundreds of teenagers from…
Fire fighters frantically fought to put out a fire which engulfed hostel six at the University of Kabianga (UoK). The fire whose cause is yet to be established was sparked off at 9pm on Saturday in one of the rooms at the top floor of the four storey building. The…
The family of the slain Meru university student leader was yesterday trying to come to terms with his untimely death. In a few months’ time, the family would have been travelling to Meru for Evans Njoroge’s graduation. But their hopes have been dashed. Yesterday, they were in the town to…
Lecturers will kick off their strike at midnight as the government has not tabled an offer to counter their 2017-21 Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Universities Academic Staff Union accuses the Inter-public Universities Council Consultative Forum of failing to table the offer on five consecutive occasions since May last year. According…
The guy in a blazer in the above picture is Evans Njoroge… he was killed by a bullet to the head yesterday. Njoroge, the Meru University Student Association Secretary-General, was allegedly chased down by police who later shot him dead in a farm during demonstrations held by students yesterday protesting…