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Mandago under pressure over student airlift scandal

A parent during demonstrations at Uasin Gishu County offices where those affected by the controversial student airlift programme had gone to demand a refund of their money on Monday, July 10, 2023. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

In October 2021, Benjamin Cheboson, then a student pursuing a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism at the Presbyterian University, heard of the Uasin Gishu Overseas Education Programme.

Cheboson decided to change his career and decided to study Nursing at Laurea University of Applied Science in Finland.

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