A number of students taking different courses at Kisii University have remained unattended even as the May-August semester enters its homestretch with lecturers working on contract going on a go-slow.
On Wednesday, most students who spoke to HiviSasa.com admitted not having started tackling units that they will be tested at the end of the semester with some of them hinting that part-time lecturers were complaining of non-payment.
According to them, efforts to reach lecturers who were awarded the units in the faculties have hit a snug with those reached accusing the university of failing to remit their salaries.
“The semester is almost coming to an end yet many of us have never seen our lectures to class. When we contact them, they normally accuse the institution of failing to pay them and that is purely a management issue,” said Susan Akinyi from the school of health sciences.
According to a lecturer who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, the institution was subjecting lecturers on contract to bureaucracies, hence reducing their morale.
“I am not affected but I want to confirm that my colleagues who teach on contract are always mishandled by those responsible. Some of them even work without getting their dues for over six months,” the source said.
However, vice chancellor Prof John Akama denied the claim and asked disgruntled lecturers to get back to work by fulfilling conditions set by the institution.
“The culture here is well known. You teach till the end of the semester, compile the results and submit them before you are paid,” he said.