15 Kenyan students face deportation in Finland over fee arrears
Nandi Governor Stephen Sang (seated at the centre in cream coat) with some of the25 students who went to study and work in Finland and their parents at the Eliud Kipchoge Stadium in the Kapsabet on January 20, 2023. 15 of the students are now stranded in Finland over fee arrears.
Parents were to meet the study costs of the learners through the county government
Some parents failed to comply with the timelines, failing to pay 90,000 euros, an equivalent of Sh13.4 million
The county negotiated twice for a deadline extension until May 6, 2023, but the payment did not materialise.
At least 15 students from Nandi County who are studying in Finland are stranded after Edusampo University threatened to terminate their studies over non-payment of fees.
The complaints have emerged in the wake of a similar controversial study programme that exposed 202 learners from neighbouring Uasin Gishu county to deportation from Finland over fee arrears. One of the students took his own out of frustration, and his body is yet to be brought back home for burial.
