So why don't they move to professions that pay better???

Most are lazy. They prefer some of our universities where nobody cares about your performance,what time you come in, whether you mark CAT papers etc. They will lecture from recycled notes dating back to 1998 yet so much has changed.

Why don't they move to other institutions where people are paid 500K?
Answer:Most lecture in 3 or so universities (165*3=495K).

they do add value to the kenyan system. since in this part of the world its papers that matter most than skill in the workplace....what a pity

@bird-man you have spoken like a whole constituency without an mpig. Well said.

Probably this is a good opportunity to interrogate what the professors actually earn in total. There is a lot of info they are not disclosing to the public.

-How many hours do they actually per week?

-If they actually research as they say... how much of this research is published or converted into life changing situations.

-are people paid by how much they know or by how much they do with what they know?

what a foolish argument - (no pun though) ..do we know if they have other sources of income ...also most of them lecture in other universities ..thus tripling their income ifnot quadrupling...
But i must agree most profs in kenya are lazy and donot do research and write papers...

I am usually inspired by reading Wazuan comments on most topics but I am disappointed on this one. Lecturers deserve to be paid better than they are at the moment. That way the job will attract (or retain) a better breed of intellectuals than we currently have. Working in three or more jobs is a survival mechanism for the Lecturers, they would settle if they were paid properly in one job. It is rather counter productive to deny an employee proper pay because he makes some more on the side.

I agree the academia in Kenya does not publish as much as they should, i dont think that has to do with laziness either. It boils down to funding for their research and the appraisal system in the universities. I wish the promotion would be pegged on the published record and impact factor of your work rather than the experience. It is self defeating for universities to make so much money from Module II and pass some of the money to their staff.

In the past lecturers were people that excelled in undergrad who went on to study postgrad but now every module II graduate is registed for masters or PhD of some sort. It is time we establish centres of excellence for gifted and very able students away from the module II model of education for the masses. That is the only way we can have capable people doing research that will make a difference.

Education needs to be revamped in this country right from nursery to the very top, before we do that vision 2030 is another pipe dream not worth the paper its printed on

@jaggernaut,also please post the same for docs,IT specialists,accountants etc.The days of people being paid alot because they are "supposed" to is over.You have to give VALUE.

I had a prof who was so old he would forget what he was saying midway his sentences.Some would give 1998 computer science notes in 2006!Surely!Exam papers were not marked at times yet our class was of 35 people.Another one would come and mention the chapter we should read that week and disappear.Where is vision 2030 there?And this are the guys you want to pay 610K per month!

The truth is,sometimes you learn a lot more from your boss, workmates etc.These people earn more because they provide VALUE.Not because they KNOW a lot or studied for 12yrs.There are accountants/IT people earning 30K while others earn 300K.The same should apply for everyone.Give VALUE & you can ask for whatever amount you want.

U cant compare what people in germany and US (1st world countries) earn with what kenyans earn. not here, the ecominies are world's apart.

and who said i support the prezzy pm and mps being paid that sum of money? the only reason they are paid that kind of money is because they set their own salaries. the renumeration commission is being established, i hope i be part of it

Professors throwing stones at Cleaners....NKT