Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has rejected HELB’s new measure to cub defaulters using police arrests.
On his social media accounts, the former University of Nairobi chair Babu Owino demanded that unemployed youths should stand against the directive which was announced by Education CS Amina Mohammed.
Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed announced on Wednesday 20th February that the High Education Loans Board (Helb) seeks 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.
Those in diaspora will be tracked down by the help of Foreign Affairs Ministry, this was echoed by Helb chief executive Charles Ringera.
