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Helb to list names, photos of student loan defaulters

Student loan applicants at the Higher Education Loans Board offices in Nairobi on September 19, 2014. The agency says it will publish the names and photos of beneficiaries who have failed to repay their loans. FILE PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  OUMA WANZALA

What you need to know:

  • The student loan defaulters have been given a 30-day ultimatum to repay their dues.
  • Helb said some of the beneficiaries in default have not responded to previous communication, therefore hindering financial support to other deserving Kenyans.
  • According to Helb, it cannot trace 17,000 defaulters, while by last year 85,000 loan defaulters were owing the agency.

Did you clear the university study loan you received from the Higher Education Loans Board (Helb)?

If not, you may be one of the 85,000 Kenyans the board says it is going to name and shame in 30 days.

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