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Sh41bn varsity funding request rejected
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu and Education PS Belio Kipsang discuss during the 1st Biennal Kenya Universities Fund Conference 2023 at Flamingo By Pride Inn in Shanzu Mombasa County on February 23, 2023. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG
The government has turned down Sh41.6 billion in funding requests from Public universities and the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb) amid a fee-hike proposal that will see tuition fees more than triple if implemented.
An analysis of official data shows that public universities and Helb, which have blamed their underperformance in recent times on underfunding, had demanded a total of Sh144.6 billion in the upcoming financial year starting July from the National Treasury but were allocated Sh103 billion.
