HELB: Gov’t Disburses Ksh1.56 Billion After Students’ Outcry
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has disbursed Ksh1.56 billion to students and trainees at various Kenyan universities for tuition and maintenance.
The disbursement follows President William Ruto’s decision to accelerate financial aid to thousands of students, which was verified by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos.
More than 65,000 students from various colleges will get the monies in their accounts, giving much-needed financial relief.
Ogamba verified that benefiting students and trainees were notified of the payouts via HELB’s official communication channels and recommended they check their HELB websites.
According to the CS, the cash will ensure that students and trainees meet their needs and can continue their academic, training, and research activities without interruption.
HELB disbursed Ksh. 1.56 billion in student upkeep and tuition loans on Friday, March 14, 2025. The beneficiaries were notified through HELB's official communication channels. HELB reaffirms its commitment to supporting the government's initiative of providing financial… pic.twitter.com/emLuy1qWlq
— OFFICIAL HELB PAGE (@HELBpage) March 18, 2025
Furthermore, he noted that the government has already released Ksh32.7 billion to 195,522 TVET trainees and nearly 390,000 university students.
“On Friday, 14th March 2025, the Higher Education Loans Board [HELB] disbursed Ksh1.56 billion to students and trainees for tuition and upkeep. A total of 31,263 TVET trainees and 33,863 university students benefitted from these loan disbursements,” read part of the statement by Ogamba.
“The latest disbursement means that in the current Financial Year 2024/2025, HELB has disbursed a total of Ksh32.7 billion in upkeep and tuition loans to 195,522 trainees in TVET institutions and 390,612 students in universities.”
The CS emphasized that the government will continue to give financial assistance to university students and TVET trainees in order to help them achieve their academic and training goals.
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Ruto, in issuing the instruction for the release of the monies on March 12, noted that the government had been experiencing difficulties with the disbursement of the funds, making it difficult for beneficiaries to get their payments.
“There has been a problem with HELB. Yesterday, I had a meeting with the CS in charge to address the challenges that had been affecting the system,” he added.
The delay in providing cash to students has previously provoked a wave of protests from university students who took to the streets to urge the government to act.
On February 3, a part of Thika Road became inaccessible when Kenyatta University students staged a wave of protests to demand the release of the cash.
HELB: Gov’t Disburses Ksh1.56 Billion After Students’ Outcry
