Lecturers from public universities will converge in Mombasa for two days to forge a working relationship with the new government.
This is among many other agendas including a review of policies and lecturers' welfare.
Among the many issues to be raised include the lecturer's strike, public universities' financial crisis, and the failed CBA implementation.
This year, more than three public universities have gone on strike over delayed and slashed pay.
Uasu Organizing Secretary Onesmus Mutio disclosed to the Star that all public universities will be represented.
“We are expecting more than 500 delegates from all the 35 public universities and every university will send between 10 to 20 delegates,” Mutio said.
Mutio noted that the year has been tough for the university sector amidst the financial crisis that has hit public institutions.
“We have universities paying lecturers 57 per cent of their salaries, those are some of the issues we want to be addressed,” he added.
On higher education, the Ruto team proposed to establish a public university in every county in tandem with the University Act (2012).
The universities will be made to focus on their comparative advantage in their training.
To increase access and reduce the cost of university education and implement a 100 per cent transition to higher education institutions.
The Kenya Kwanza alliance further proposed to increase the number of technical universities from the current three to eight across the eight regions.
Ruto also proposes the amendment of the Universities Act, 2012, to allow the transfer of management of universities.
This includes hiring from the public service and putting in place legislative, policy, and budgetary measures to address the current financial crisis.
