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Education CS demands end to lecturers' strike amid Sh7.76B budget deadlock

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos during a press briefing in Nairobi on October 31st 2025.[Collins Oduor/Standard]

Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba has called on university staff to resume work as negotiations continue over the payment of a verified Sh7.76 billion owed under the 2017–2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), acknowledging that budgetary limitations have slowed the process.

The CS said the government is committed to honouring its obligations but is currently constrained by what he termed a budgetary mutation that left no immediate allocation for the arrears.

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