University students protest over HELB loans delay

Nairobi, Kenya: Learning has been paralysed in most public universities after students go on strike to protest delayed release of Helb loan.

University of Nairobi and Technical University students have taken to the streets where they have blocked major roads in the protest.

Police have launched teargas to disperse the students.

However, Helb CEO Charles Ringera said HELB had released Sh1.8b on Thursday which he said the  students will be able to access starting Friday.

But the more than 56,938 government-sponsored first year students who started reporting last month will have to wait until November to get loans.