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Universities set to reopen as State concedes to Sh9.7 billion pay deal

Moi University lecturers demonstrate in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county. [File, Standard]

The reopening of public universities now looks close after the government caved into lecturers' demands for Sh9.7 billion for increased pay.

This now settles a long standing dispute between the lecturers' union and the government after the two parties disagreed on the amount required to actualise the pay increment.

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