Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has filed a case at the Milimani High Court seeking to stop the new higher education funding model.
KHCR argues that the new Higher Education Fund will prevent many students from getting University Funds.
They also claim that the funding model is discriminatory because of the requirement that a student must be above the age of 18 to apply for funding.
According to them, the funding model is a breach of the right to access information.
They argue that the president has no power to make law by himself arguing that the president violated the law in launching the program without following due process.
They claim that the funding violated millions of Kenyans in their quest for quality and affordable education.
“These students will be unable to afford the new prohibitive school fees and be denied their constitutional right to education,” they argue
By President William Ruto’s directive when he unveiled the new funding model on 3rd May 2023, students from vulnerable and extremely needy households will receive 100% funding while the needy and less needy will get 93% government funding and a paltry 7% contribution from their households to cover for the tuition fees
