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The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has announced that first- and second-year university students will now receive funds under the old model - the differentiated unit cost. This will happen while awaiting the outcome of an appeal challenging the high court’s suspension of the new framework. The announcement follows protests at various institutions on Monday, led by University of Nairobi students, who stormed HELB’s headquarters in Nairobi to demand the immediate release of their loans
Students protest delayed HELB disbursements
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