# Kenya University Staff Strike Over Cba Dispute

> Kenyan lecturers and staff strike after unions reject IPUCCF's 2025-2029 CBA counter-offer.
- Title: Kenya University Staff Strike Over Cba Dispute · Allafrica
- Summary: Kenyan lecturers and staff strike after unions reject IPUCCF's 2025-2029 CBA counter-offer. Kenyan university staff unions began nationwide strike over…
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- Source: Allafrica — https://allafrica.com/stories/202610020160.html
- Published: 2026-10-02T14:35:09+00:00
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- Topics: kenya, universities, lecturers, university staff, cba, 2025-2029, ipuccf, universities academic staff union, kenya universities staff union, kenya union of domestic hotels education, salaries, medical benefits
## University Staff Strike Begins
Lecturers and other staff in public universities began nationwide strike after their unions rejected IPUCCF's counter-offer over 2025-2029 CBA.
## Unions Involved
The industrial action involves members of Universities Academic Staff Union, Kenya Universities Staff Union, and Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers.
## Strike Trigger
Unions announced strike after talks with IPUCCF ended without agreement in Machakos on Thursday.
## Key Disagreements
Unions rejected counter-offer for failing to address salaries, allowances, medical benefits, and academic staff recruitment concerns.
## Salary Dispute
Unions rejected automatic annual four per cent salary increase as below inflation and inadequate for cost of living.
## Medical Benefits Concerns
Unions argued proposed medical package does not match civil servant benefits in equivalent job grades.
## Staff Shortages
Unions demanded increased academic staff recruitment to cope with rising student enrollment in public universities.
## Key takeaway

Kenyan university staff unions began nationwide strike over rejected 2025-2029 CBA counter-offer that failed to address salary, medical benefits and recruitment concerns.