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Kenyan University students in Russia starved of cash by the State

NAIROBI: Kenyan students studying in Russia and Commonwealth Independent States (CIS) wants the government to reinstate partial scholarship bursary program to be reinstated that was stopped in 2011.

The more than 500 students seeking higher education in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan that are under the jurisdiction of the Kenyan Embassy in Moscow, said that the high cost of living in those countries are unaffordable without government's intervention.

Under the banner of Kenya Students Union in Russia and CIS, the students are now demanding that the government should restore the kitty to enable them complete their studies just like other African countries.

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