Lecturers' endless fight for better pay and terms

Universities Academic Staff Union Secretary General Constantine Wasonga addresses a past press conference. [File, Standard]

For decades, lecturers in public universities have contended with broken promises, meagre pay, and delayed salaries. Although the government has always assured its commitment to addressing the lecturers' plight, history has proven otherwise.

Almost every cycle ends in empty promises of improved pay, with lecturers being arm-twisted back to work, either through the courts or persuasion.