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And now to the saga over the oversees scholarship program in Uasin Gishu County... tonight we focus on the crashed hopes for families of hundreds of students who were set to be flown to Finland to join various universities under a partnership that is said to have been signed between the county government and the Finnish government. Some sold acres of land to raise the millions of shillings needed to finance their children’s education in Finland only for their sons and daughters to remain stranded in the country more than a year later. Serfine Achieng Ouma details this story of pain, disappointment and fatigue from the long journey to seek refunds and justice.
How Finland scholarship saga has brought pain, disappointment and fatigue to parents and students
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