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Ensure no student is kicked out of university due to lack of money

Students of Moi University West campus demonstrate outside their classes in Eldoret Uasin Gishu County on March 9, 2021. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

At least 95,000 university and college students are at risk of missing out on student loans offered by the government.

The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the institution that grants loans to students has indicated it will not be able to cater for all needy students due to financial constraints arising from drastic budget cuts and inability to recover loans from individuals who have completed their studies.

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