Justice Byram Ongaya on Friday barred Egerton and Kisii universities from paying staff reduced salaries pending hearing and determination of a case filed by the Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu).
Granting the temporary reprieve, Justice Ongaya said: “A conservatory order is hereby issued against Egerton and Kisii universities servants and/or agents against implementing the circulars on 40 per cent pay cuts issued on May 13 and 11, 2020 without the inclusion of Uasu’s input.”
The lawyer said that as other 29 universities pay their staff in full, “only Kisii and Egerton have issued circulars on pay cuts in contravention of labour laws.”
Egerton University Vice-Chancellor Rose Mwonya sent a circular dated May 13, 2020 to all staff about pay cut.
On May 11, 2020, Kisii University Vice-Chancellor John S Akama sent a circular to all staff, saying that the institution was not in a position to pay April 2020 salaries in full.
