Nairobi, Aug. 21 -- University workers want the planned retrenchment of 400 employees of Egerton University halted, saying it lacks merit.
Through the Kenya Universities Staff Union (Kusu), the employees said yesterday the retrenchment was a "mere excuse" and would not resuscitate the financial position of the university made worse by Covid-19.
"We demand that the university stop that ill-intended excerise of retrenching employees," Kusu secretary general Charles Mukhwaya told journalists Thursday.
Egerton vice chancellor Rose Mwonya in a report said the university council approved the retrenchment that is expected to reduce payroll costs by Sh38 million monthly.
In her report, Prof Mwonya noted that the institution would save at least ...