Kisii University students threaten to join lecturers’ strike
Kisii University students have threatened to join the ongoing lecturers’ strike if the government fails to find a solution to end the stalemate.
Speaking to K24 Digital on Monday, November 3, 2025, a section of Kisii University students wants the government to pay the lecturers to allow teaching to resume, lest they join them in the streets.
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Some students at Kisii University say they have exhausted the higher education loans they received from the government and are suffering, adding that they want the government to give them direction.
Kenneth Kagwe noted that they pay rent, buy food and spend money on other needs, appealing to the government to allow them to go home since there are no lecturers to teach them.
“Other universities have closed, and students have gone home. The semester is over, and there is no hope the strike will end soon,” Kagwe told the press.
This comes after Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba pleaded for an end to the lecturers’ strike and assured the government’s commitment to addressing their concerns.
He said the semester will be extended next year to make three, noting that the strike has affected students who were supposed to go for attachment, and it will delay completion of their education and graduation.
David Kiptoo, a student at the university, implored the government to pay the lecturers the Ksh7.9 billion they are demanding so that they can resume work and ease the suffering of students.
He noted that if the government fails to pay the lecturers their dues, university students will be forced to join them to push the government to act.
“We want to resume learning immediately and petition the government to give education a priority,” Kiptoo said at the university.
The student said learners have lost time and will take a long time to complete the syllabus, go for attachment and graduate, terming it wrong and unacceptable.
Vincent Nyamweya said the majority of students hail from poor families and come from far-flung areas, noting that they have no money to spend at the university and want to be allowed to return to their homes.
“We want the government to pay the lecturers so that learning can resume, or we go home to rest until the standoff between the lecturers and the government is addressed,” Nyamweya stated.
