This follows backlash from a section of Kenyans.
The government agency also announced consequences for non-compliance.
KUSA has urged all university students across the country to come out in their numbers.
Omtatah claims he has been barred from state offices.
The clarification comes a day after detectives arrested a politician allegedly linked to an organ-harvesting syndicate.
"How do you party after you have been abducted? Where do you get the energy?" he questions.
The matatu operators vowed to demonstrate until their issues are resolved.
Kibet is the cartoonist behind the viral art of President William Ruto.
Latiff landed the new job just hours after announcing his exit from Standard.