On Wednesday Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed revealed police will be employed in hunting down 74,000 loan defaulters as the Higher Education Loans Board(HELB) seeks to recover over 7.2 billion owed
She said the crackdown would start any time from now and asked employers to help in tracking them.
“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.
Ms Mohamed said the government plans to track graduates work in the digital space and have defaulted on their loans.
Speaking at a Nairobi hotel where she launched HELB’s five-year strategic plan, the CS said defaulters will be tracked through their work stations.
Others will be tracked through their M-Pesa and Airtel Money transactions.
“We hope by doing we will increase the resources that are available to HELB to support others.”Amina went on, “We want them to become reliable and responsible citizens by repaying their debt.”
Kenyan youths have sympathised with the news through hillarious memes and videos.