The National University Students Union announced a countrywide student strike beginning Monday next week to protest the plan to hike fees from Sh16,000 to Sh48,000. The skills mismatch is occasioned by too many graduates with skills other than those in demand in the labour market. This has left many graduates "tarmacking" before getting jobs, which has made Helb unable to recover loans from beneficiaries. Another 383,150 students who have received Sh37.2 billion from Helb are still studying or their grace period has not yet lapsed. Students are already undertaking the fake degree courses after universities admitted them before the courses were approved by the CUE.

Source: The Star February 28, 2019 21:33 UTC