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Uasin Gishu county disowns multi-billion overseas education programme, terms it a sham

‎Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago together with county officials Meshack Rono and Joshua Lelei appear before Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege at the Nakuru Law Courts on October 28, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The County Government of Uasin Gishu, led by Governor Jonathan Bii, has disowned the Finland and Canada Education Programme, terming it a sham and a conspiracy to defraud parents.

Edwin Bett, who served as the County Secretary between 2019 and 2024, said that the programme was not run by the County government but by trustees under the Department of Education and Youth Affairs.

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