November 21, 2003
Kenyan Professors Strike Over Wages
Kenya's six public universities were closed indefinitely this month after professors and lecturers went on strike to demand higher salaries and better terms of service.
More than 3,200 academic staff members stayed away from classes and effectively paralyzed learning. Lecturers also withdrew clinical and nursing services at two teaching hospitals.
Amid fears of riots, violence, and destruction of property by students outraged at the situation, the government decided to send the
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