The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) announced the end of its four‑week nationwide lecturers’ strike after signing a KSh20 billion agreement with the government on Friday evening.

Secretary‑General Constantine Wasonga directed lecturers to resume teaching immediately and asked students who had gone home to return to their universities by Monday, 2 November.

The deal, signed by union officials led by Wasonga and Higher Education Principal Secretary Beatrice Inyangala, covers basic salaries and allowances for the 2025‑2029 collective bargaining period.

It represents a KSh8.04 billion increase – about 67.2 percent – over the government’s KSh11.96 billion counter‑proposal presented on 26 October.

The agreement also addresses union demands for harmonised allowances, improved medical cover, car‑loan and mortgage schemes, and the recruitment of additional academic staff.

UASU maintains that university staff salaries should be funded from the national exchequer rather than student fees, a point reiterated in the signed package.

The strike, which began on 2 October, halted academic activities across public universities and left thousands of students stranded away from campus.

Negotiations that led to the breakthrough involved Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba and a separate meeting at State House, according to Daily Nation reporting.

Students have been asked to travel back to their institutions ahead of the planned resumption of classes on 2 November, as universities prepare to restart teaching.