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DCI start probe into Sh837m overseas study programme

Parents during demonstrations at Uasin Gishu County demanding for refund of their money paid to the county government for an airlift programe to fFinland on July 10, 2023. [Christopher kipsang, Standard]

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will from today start investigations into the troubled Uasin Gishu overseas study programme.

Already, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating how Sh837.9 million of students' money was spent on the controversial Finland and Canada airlift programme.

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