November 10, 2006
Faculty Strike Closes Most Universities in Kenya
Five of Kenya's six public universities have been closed indefinitely and their students have been sent away, as a strike by faculty members over a salary dispute entered its second week at the end of last month.
The teaching of about 80,000 students ground to a halt on October 23, when the strike began. The professors, who are represented by the Universities Academic Staff Union, are demanding a 600-percent pay increase and have rejected government offers of increases of from 9
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