{"id":954,"date":"2026-10-29T11:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=954"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T11:14:24","slug":"lecturers-set-to-end-strike-after-ksh-20-billion-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"Lecturers Set to End Strike After KSh 20 Billion Deal."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-1-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-1-1.jpeg 729w, https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/images-1-1-300x173.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Owen Chege <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University lecturers across Kenya are expected to end their four-week strike after reaching a KSh 20 billion agreement with the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement is expected to bring relief to thousands of university students whose learning activities have been interrupted by the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary General Constantine Wasonga confirmed that the agreement will be officially signed on Friday, October 30, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Wasonga, lecturers are expected to return to their classrooms on Monday, November 2, allowing normal learning activities to resume in public universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strike, which has lasted four weeks, has affected teaching and other academic activities in several public universities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The KSh 20 billion agreement is expected to address financial concerns that have been at the centre of disagreements between university lecturers and the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned return to work is expected to help universities resume lessons and reorganise academic programmes that were affected during the strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students and university administrators are now waiting for the official signing of the agreement, which could bring an end to weeks of uncertainty in the country&#8217;s higher education sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Owen Chege University lecturers across Kenya are expected to end their four-week strike after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jukwaapress.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}