MPs push for urgent resolution of higher education funding crisis

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HELB Chief Executive Officer Geoffrey Monari before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education on July 16, 2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Education has called for urgent and coordinated action to address persistent funding challenges affecting Kenya's higher education sector.

The MPs proposed a joint engagement involving Parliament, the National Treasury and the Ministry of Education to streamline implementation of the Higher Education Funding Model.

The committee, chaired by Vice Chairperson Eve Obara, made the recommendation after holding separate meetings with officials from the State Department for Higher Education, the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and the Universities Fund during a review of the 2025/2026 Budget Implementation Status.