REPLACE HELB CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE WITH LOAN LIABILITY CERTIFICATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LEADERSHIP SAY

By Clive Ayuko

Nairobi, Kenya 18th January 2022

A caucus of student leaders under the banner Kenya Universities Student Organization KUSO today afternoon called on the government of Kenya to increase the amount of loans given to University students from the current maximum of Ksh60,000 to Ksh 200,000 for a single academic years.

Speaking while addressing journalists at the Ufungamano house in Nairobi the students led by President of the outfit Mr. Jesse Sarun urged the government to include more youth in positions of leadership, stem cases of insecurity in Universities and restructure the Higher Education’s Loans Board to take into account the rising cost of health and that of basic commodities which have also increased over the years. Additionally Mr Sarun urged the government to disband Higher Education Loans Board Clearance Certificate and Replace it with a loans liability certificate. The HELB certificate has been an impediment to students in acquiring jobs and students should only pay once they secure jobs earning Ksh 39,100.

Mr Sarun concluded by urging the government to expedite the disbursement of Helb loans as most students were already back in institutions of higher learning for the start of the semester.

#PoliticsandGovernance #SecurityNews #BankingNews #EducationCivilSocietyOrganizations #Education #Security