The Ministry of Education on Wednesday 20th February announced it’s going to take the matter of loan defaulters with the seriousness it deserves.
According to reports, the Education Cabinet Secretary said they are going to take a tougher approach in a bid to recover over 7.2 billion owned by over 74,000 loan defaulters for Higher Education Loans Board(Helb).
The Cabinet Secretary said the crackdown will start as soon possible and asked employers to cooperate to ensure those defaulters are held culpable.
“We are also going to partner with our law enforcement agencies to track down those holding jobs and yet are reluctant to stand up to be counted as responsible and patriotic citizens who honour their debts,” CS Amina Mohammed said.
Many Kenyan youth have been beneficiaries of the HELB loan in the past are irrate and indifferent to the order given as many defaulters are still unemployed and lack means. They took to twitter to express their opinions and concerns: