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Ruto allays HELB loan fears, says govt has allocated enough funds

President William Ruto speaks during a past event. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

The government has disbursed Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) funds to students across the county as part of the efforts to strengthen higher learning, this is according to President William Ruto.

Speaking at the Kisii National Polytechnic a few hours after after reports emerged that about 140,000 students missed the loans after Helb ran out of funds, President Ruto said that his administration had released funds to support the student loans.

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