University Students to protest over delayed Helb

Motorists have been warned to avoid roads around the University of Nairobi due to a planned students protest over delayed loans from the higher education loans board.

Public university students’ organization chair Babu Owino has accused the board of frustrating students who have applied for the Helb loans.

The student leader has said the protests by public university students will begin anytime from now in the city’s streets.

The strike was announced last week by leaders of the university students unions who have vowed to paralyze learning until the funds are released.
And even as the students await the release of the loans some 80,000 government – sponsored first year students who began reporting in the month of July will have to wait until November to get the money.
It should also be noted that this year’s admission to public universities increased by 11 percent compared to last years’ admission rate where 56,938 students were enrolled.
Last year on 19^th September Students in most public universities went on strike to protest the delay in the release of their loans by the government.