Massive job losses loom for varsity workers

University lecturers and staff demonstrating delayed salaries and implementation of the 2013/2017 collective bargaining agreement. [Photo by Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

The spectre of empty lecture halls in public universities has made the threat of job cuts suddenly very real.

The revelation that 544 out of the 1,382 academic programmes admitted either none or not more than nine students means it is only a matter of when, not if, the 31 public universities and seven constituent colleges send employees packing.