Helb,HELB loans Stories
President William Ruto urged parents to insist on paying fees digitally, hailing schools that have adopted the platform as champions of accountability...
According to KMTC Chief Executive Officer, Dr Kelly Oluoch, the HELB portal is now open for applications and urged eligible students to apply before t...
According to HELB CEO Geoffrey Monari, accountants top the list of non-payment, with only 11 per cent of the active ones repaying their loans. Out of...
Helb CEO Geoffrey Monari warned that the Sh35 billion in defaults could have been enough to fund at least 289,000 university and college students for...
HELB CEO Geoffrey Monari warned that rising loan defaults threaten the sustainability of the fund, which for the last 27 years has supported students...
The State Department for Immigration and Citizen Service said this will help students avoid delays in accessing tertiary education, job opportunities,...
The drive will help students avoid delays in accessing tertiary education, job opportunities, and financial support such as HELB loans after completin...
The opportunity is also open to students who either missed the initial application or were unsuccessful in their first attempt, allowing them to submi...
HELB CEO Geoffrey Monari told the committee that the board is grappling with a sharp rise in loan defaults, which is undermining the sustainability of...
The National Treasury has indicated that the allocation was excluded due to ongoing revenue shortfalls and competing expenditure demands across govern...
The report lists Kenyatta University, the University of Nairobi, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology as having the highest debt...
Beneficiaries can now use the WorldRemit platform to settle their student loans from anywhere in the world.
According to KNBS, out of the 324,828 applicants who were not successful, 292,751 were students from public universities, 12,159 were from private uni...
The final budget released to HELB by the National Treasury is earmarked for a predetermined number of students in universities and TVET institutions u...
HELB has processed over 109,000 funding requests from new students that had been delayed due to a High Court ruling in December 2024, which temporaril...
The CEO also addressed complaints from students over the amounts they qualify for when applying for loans and scholarships, saying the issue often ste...
Ogamba reiterated that the government would continue implementing the funding model until the Court of Appeal delivers its final ruling on the case.
According to the KMTC CEO, the lack of funding placed a significant burden on students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
HELB has periodically introduced such waivers to encourage loan repayment among former beneficiaries who have struggled to meet their financial obliga...
Ogamba confirmed that HELB had disbursed the funds on Friday, March 15. He noted that a total of 31,263 TVET trainees and 33,863 university students w...
Last December, the High Court declared it unconstitutional, ruling that it was discriminatory and lacked public participation.
Monari takes over from Charles Ringera, whose decade-long tenure ended in December last year.
The President also issued a stern warning to those responsible for the disbursement, stating that he would personally hold them accountable if the mon...
Justice Mwita strongly criticised the government's move to shift the burden of funding public universities onto parents.
Inyangala warned that students and their families, particularly those from middle- and low-income backgrounds, would bear a greater financial burden.
Despite the suspension of the new funding model, Wahome clarified that applications for technical vocational education and training and the Kenya Medi...
Kenya Association of Private Universities warns that the financial strain is affecting the operations of private universities, which are struggling to...
The CS confirmed the release and noted that each student will receive between Sh40,000 and Sh60,000.
Learners from Egerton University and the University of Nairobi stormed Helb’s headquarters at Anniversary Towers in Nairobi, decrying the delay.
