4,600 students file appeals amid outcry over funding model

Higher Education Loans Board CEO Geoffrey Monari and Higher Education PS Beatrice Inyangala before the Senate Education Committee to shed light on the new university funding model, at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, March 20, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

At least 4,600 university students have appealed their government funding allocation under the new university financing model.

According to Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) data, a total of 4,621 appeals had been submitted by Thursday, following the reopening of the appeals portal on April 1, as directed by the Court of Appeal.