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University Academic Staff Union (UASU) officials led by Chairman Amb.Dr.Richard Bosire, Secretary Dr.Maloba Wekesa and Organising Secretary Dr.Ben Nyanchoga during a press conference in Nairobi on December 18, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
A fresh standoff is brewing between the government and the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) over delays in signing and implementing a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and what the union describes as questionable hiring practices at the University of Nairobi (UoN).
UASU now warns that failure to address the issues could trigger industrial action, raising the prospect of renewed instability at the country’s oldest public university, just months after a new council was appointed to restore order following prolonged governance turmoil.
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