Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed summoned the council chairmen of all 31 public universities and colleges for a crisis meeting on Monday over the ongoing lecturers' strike.
CS Amina noted that the meeting would discuss the best way to handle the strike, which has paralysed learning in some universities.
The meeting comes two days after the Inter-Public Universities Councils Consultative Forum (IPUCCF) declared a crackdown on university staff who fail to report back to work on Monday.
Public universities are expected to implement disciplinary measures against workers who fail to resume duty, with an option of firing.
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Leaders of the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) and the Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU) may also be sent home.
On Saturday the IPUCCF ordered vice chancellors to crack the whip on university staff who fail to report to work.
Paul Kanyari, the IPUCCF chairman stated: “IPUCCF urges the management of public universities to take stern action on staff in their respective institutions who do not report to duty on Monday, April 9, as directed by the court.”
He stated: “All staff must continue discharging their duties diligently to ensure harmonious industrial relations in public universities.”
The lecturers have been out of universities since March 1, as they demanded a counter-proposal from the government for the 2017-2021 CBA.
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Lecturers’ unions led by UASU vowed to continue with the strike after filing for an appeal, which Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga noted would be heard on Monday.
