The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) is seeking new legal powers to freeze bank accounts of loan defaulters, identifying lawyers and accountants as leading the list of those who have failed to repay. This move aims to ensure the sustainability of the student financing scheme.

• HELB reports 21,356 lawyers and 19,580 accountants are top defaulters, while teachers are the most reliable payers, contributing nearly Sh200 million monthly.
• Chief Executive Officer Godfrey Monari stated the agency plans to strengthen their legal framework to freeze accounts of those "able but unwilling to pay."
• HELB has already listed 124,640 defaulters with the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) and handed 83,500 cases to debt collectors, with over 300,000 matured loan accounts currently managed.