This is after their allocation was slashed by about Sh500 million and which will now go to non-teaching staff under- Kenya Universities Staff Union (Kusu). In the first payment schedule, the lecturers had been allocated Sh6 billion but now will get Sh5.04 billion for basic salary increase and Sh546 million for house allowance. Non-teaching staff who had been allocated Sh3 billion will now get Sh3.5 billion with Sh383 million going to house allowance. In total Sh8.87 billion will be used to pay salary arrears while Sh1.031 billion will be used to pay house allowance arrears. On Tuesday, universities called off their two-week strike after the government agreed to release the cash.

Source: Daily Nation July 20, 2017 04:41 UTC