University unions yesterday said they will put pressure on University of Nairobi vice chancellor Peter Mbithi to pay risk allowances.
Kenya University Staff Union secretary general Charles Mukhwaya said for years the university management has issued false promises.
He said employees have not been paid yet they continue to be exposed to risks in their workplaces.
Mukhwaya said though the Treasury disbursed Sh460 million in 2012 to help the university harmonise risk, extraneous and related clinical allowances of its employees, the university has to date not honoured this.
“We want Mbithi to know that his employees are tired of this historical injustice and now demand a complete stop to unnecessary discrimination,” he said.
Mukhwaya said last December the varsity and the union jointly amended the 2013-17 internal collective bargaining agreement as advised by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission, but it has not been implemented.
He said during the negotiations, Mbithi and his managerial team did not disclose material facts and lied to the union that the varsity was facing financial deficit and could only offer Sh17,745 and Sh13,333 as allowances for private car and commuter allowances respectively.
“The union was shocked to learn that the same management went to offer their sister union members Sh21,970 and Sh7,333 for private car and commuter allowances respectively,” Mukhwaya said.
He said the university said KUSU members received Sh38,500 for dental and optical allowances compared to their sister union members who got Sh55,392, an indication that the management negotiated in bad faith.
The union also accused the varsity for being silent on the stagnation of employees in one grade and the issue of salary distortions and discrepancies.
The union claimed the varsity had signed a CBA in 2008 to pay risk allowances to veterinary officers and zoologists in various departments.