Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Julius Ogamba has said consultations are at advanced stages to unlock the current stalemate between the government and university dons over their Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
“I want to tell the university staff union that my ministry means well about their demands and welfare and very soon the matter will be addressed once and for all,” Ogamba stated.
Addressing journalists in Nyamira town after witnessing the dispatch of KCSE examination papers in Nyamira South Sub-county, Ogamba asked the lecturers to consider calling off the strike.
The CS expressed his concern about claims by medical students of Moi University that they have spent more time than the course requirement because of strikes, saying investigations will be launched to establish the truth.
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Ogamba also dismissed as rumours conversations around exam leakage in this year’s KCSE, clarifying that what happened was early exposure and those involved have been dealt with.
“Those who were implicated in the early exposure of the examination papers have been arrested and arraigned in court,” he said.
He later commissioned a Grade 9 classroom at Riomoro Primary School in Manga Sub-county.
The CS was accompanied by the County Commissioner Erastus Mbui, TSC County Director Catherine Mwende, and the County Director of Education Joshua Kagaa.
By Ongondi Nyakundi
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