Academic staff have accused Education CS Ezekiel Machogu of derailing Kenya Kwanza pledges made to the education charter.
Universities academic staff union were responding to remarks made by Machogu over the weekend.
UASU secretary general Constantine Wasonga warned of an impending crisis in the universities
“Is he aware of what the President promised in his education charter? If you are appointed you need to know the manifesto of your coalition,” Wasonga said on Monday.
Machogu had on Saturday put public universities on notice saying they should think of how to generate their own revenue.
“I’m going to move around every university because several of them are faced with financial problems and we are encouraging that they must generate their own income because the exchequer as it is now is not going to continue funding more,” Machogu said.
Wasonga said President William Ruto promised to increase university funding from the current 46 per cent.
“When he was being vetted by MPs he gave us hope but as it stands now there is no hope,” he said.
According to the university Fund, Public universities have debts accumulating to Sh56 billion.
Public universities owe contractors Sh1.4bn, part-time lecturers Sh4.5bn, suppliers Sh4.8bn, and Sacco contributions Sh4.1bn.
NSSF is owed Sh139m, at NHIF there is Sh2million, loan deductions worth Sh1.3bn, pension schemes Sh18bn and PAYE is owed Sh13bn, while other loans have accumulated Sh10bn.
