Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba yesterday told Parliament that Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) students have not been receiving Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) funding due to a lack of budget.
Ogamba clarified that some universities and training institutions were outside the ambit of the ministry, and processes their budgets through relevant ministries.
The CS, who appeared before National Assembly Education and Health committees, revealed that HELB was allocated Sh84.5 billion in this financial year against a requirement of Sh138.5 billion. "I would like to inform Parliament that HELB provides estimates for students both new and continuing with the estimates based on information provided by universities and other institutions under the Ministry of Education with the budget allocated to HELB for funding students usually for predetermined number of students in universities and other institutions," he said.
Ogamba said HELB has supported KMTC to the tune of Sh1.2 billion in 2022/2023 based on resources that were provided by the college through the Ministry of Health.
