肯尼亚大学工作人员因无薪工资和合同纠纷举行罢工;发言者敦促对话和返回工作岗位。 Kenyan university staff strike over unpaid salaries and contract disputes; speaker urges dialogue and return to work.

肯尼亚国会议长Moses Wetang’ula敦促大学职工会结束为期二周的罢工, Kenya’s National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has urged university staff unions to end their second-week strike disrupting all 39 public universities, calling for dialogue and a return to work. 这次罢工是由过去集体谈判协议和2025-2029年新协议要求产生的总共115.3亿瑞郎的未支付拖欠工资所驱动的,已经停止了讲座、考试和研究。 The strike, driven by unpaid salary arrears totaling Sh11.53 billion from past collective bargaining agreements and demands for a new 2025–2029 agreement, has halted lectures, exams, and research. Wetang’ula在会见工会领导人后,鼓励向议会提交正式请愿书,公共请愿委员会准备听取双方的意见。 Wetang’ula, after meeting union leaders, encouraged submitting formal petitions to Parliament, with the Public Petitions Committee set to hear both sides. 他强调了保护学生教育的必要性,并强调了议会在调解一项决议方面的作用,因为工会指责政府机构无视2021年法院命令,为2017-2021年CBA提供全额资金。 He emphasized the need to protect students’ education and stressed Parliament’s role in mediating a resolution, as unions accuse government agencies of ignoring a 2021 court order to fully fund the 2017–2021 CBA.