Kenyans on twitter stormed the twitter streets on Tuesday mid-morning to express their fury after the Higher Education Loans Board- HELB issued a statement stating that : “Where one is not a beneficiary of HELB,they will be required to pay 1000Kshs for the HELB clearance certificate”
Where one is not a beneficiary of HELB,they will be required to pay 1000Kshs for the HELB clearance certificate @GeoffreyMonari #LipaHelb
— HELB (@HELBpage) August 18, 2015
The beneficiaries of HELB were however spared as HELB stated that they will be issued with the clearance certificate free of charge. Geoffrey Monari- the HELB recovery manager said the clearance certificates are valid for a year meaning that non-beneficiaries will have to fish out a thousand bob from their pockets annually. HELB clearance certificates are now a mandatory requirement for applicants of public service jobs since the enactment of the 2010 Constitution. This is in line with Chapter 6 of the Constitution on Leadership and Integrity. Here are some tweets by enraged Kenyans:
@HELBpage @ashtradamus_ Nonsensical really just another way to cash in. The absurdity justifying this thuggery is unmatched. — Chris-Leo Ngaruthi (@Ngaruthi) August 18, 2015
Jamani @HELBpage, how do you justify charging someone Ksh1,000 just to confirm they never got HELB? Shame on you, thieves! @GeoffreyMonari
— George Ogutu (@Ogutu) August 18, 2015
@HELBpage @GeoffreyMonari integrate it with KRA, stop asking jobless people for money — GodfreyKori (@godfreykori) August 18, 2015
This HELB thing should be free because education is free.
— Newton Karanja (@Newtonkaranja) August 18, 2015
According to HELB logic, non-believers should also pay tithes to prove that God doesn't exist
— Mark™ (@markmwalimu) August 18, 2015
Newton Karanja @Newtonkaranja
This HELB thing should be free because education is free.
11:32 AM – 18 Aug 2015
Mark™ @markmwalimu
According to HELB logic, non-believers should also pay tithes to prove that God doesn’t exist
10:34 AM – 18 Aug 2015