University Gives Update on First-Year Admissions Amid Looming Lecturers’ Strike

Moi University has issued an update to first-year students, confirming that their reporting on Thursday, August 21, 2025, will proceed as planned.
This comes afterlecturers threatened to down tools beginning August 20, but the university has stated that nothing will change.
In a press release dated August 14, University Vice-Chancellor Kiplagat Kotut addressed students, parents, guardians, and all stakeholders, stating that university activities will remain uninterrupted, with a continued focus on the delivery of quality education.
The university confirmed that all teaching, examinations, research, and academic programmes are continuing as scheduled.
“We reiterate that teaching, examinations, research, and all academic programmes are continuing as scheduled. This includes preparations for the reporting of our first-year students on Thursday, August 21, 2025, which will proceed as planned.
Students are encouraged to remain focused on their studies, and we assure parents and guardians that the academic journey of their children remains our highest priority,” the notice reads.
This clarification came after UASU issued a seven-day strike notice on August 12, citing several failures by the university’s administration.
The union’s National Secretary-General, Constantine Wasonga, alleged that Moi University had failed to pay academic staff their June and July 2025 salaries at the rates agreed upon inthe 2021–2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
“The Universities’ Academic Staff Union (UASU) hereby issues a seven-day strike notice with effect from the date of this letter to the Moi University Council over the following four failures,” the statement read in part.
The union further alleges that the university has not implemented the Return-to-Work Formula that was signed between UASU and the Moi University Council on November 30, 2024.
The lecturers accused the university of failing to honour clauses related to the review and promotion of staff, as well as the retirement age provisions stipulated in the national CBA.
The UASU also accused the university of violating labour and freedom rights and ignoring retirement age provisions stipulated in the national CBA.