HELB through their official handle denied claims by some of the Facebook users that their portal had been hacked and all data cleared.
Some of the social media users claimed that the portal had been hacked and loan defaulters’ database tempered or altered.
Other fake news dismissed by HELB included the arrest of HELB defaulters
This came after Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed announced on Wednesday 20th February that the High Education Loans Board (Helb) sought to recover over 7.2 billion owed by 74,000 defaulters by use of law enforcement officers.
She asked employees to help in tracking down the culprits in an exercise that could start anytime from today.
“We are also going to partner with our law enforcement agencies to track down those holding jobs and yet are reluctant to stand up to be counted as responsible and patriotic citizens who honour their debts,” she said.
