Vice-chancellors of the University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Moi University, Egerton University, Kenyatta and Maseno will take home a bigger salary.
For instance vice-chancellors of the top universities have been graded at E5 while others have been graded at E4.
Deputy vice-chancellor at Moi University is in Grade E4 while a Multimedia University counterpart is graded E3.
Vice-chancellors have held a meeting with the SRC while Universities Academic Staff Union has protested the grading and moved to court where it obtained orders that their participation be sought in the development of the new grading system.
Vice-chancellors of top public universities will earn more than their colleagues at the recently chartered higher education institutions under new guidelines by Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
Those working in institutions such as the University of Nairobi, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Moi University, Egerton University, Kenyatta and Maseno will take home a bigger salary.
For instance vice-chancellors of the top universities have been graded at E5 while others have been graded at E4.
Deputy vice-chancellor at Moi University is in Grade E4 while a Multimedia University counterpart is graded E3.
Vice-chancellors have held a meeting with the SRC while Universities Academic Staff Union has protested the grading and moved to court where it obtained orders that their participation be sought in the development of the new grading system.
Vice-chancellors Committee chairman Francis Aduol said: “We met SRC on Monday and we will continue to hold discussions with them.”
