Nairobi, May 14 -- Public university lecturers and other workers are headed for a clash with their employers over pay cuts.
Egerton and Kisii universities have announced salary reductions of 30-40 per cent on the grounds that they have not received money from the National Treasury.
Workers at the two institutions have not received their April salaries.
University Academic Staff Union (Uasu) Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga and Chairman Muga K'Olale said the organisation would not accept pay cuts.
"Our members should reject the 60 per cent salary. University administrators have not contacted the union," Dr Wasonga said.
He asked the universities to push the government to release the funds. "The Treasury should bail them out because...