{
  "id": 17004959,
  "title": "How Ksh 16.9B scholarship gap exposes Ruto’s higher education funding crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/how-ksh-16-9b-scholarship-gap-exposes-rutos-higher-education-funding",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T03:17:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/how-ksh-16-9b-scholarship-gap-exposes-rutos-higher-education-funding-crisis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Thousands of Kenyan university students risk inadequate financial assistance in the 2026/2027 financial year as scholarship requirements rise to Ksh47 billion against an allocation of Ksh30.1 billion, leaving a projected Ksh16.9 billion shortfall. The deficit comes amid mounting financial pressure on public universities, whose pending bills reached Ksh100.3 billion as of January 31, 2026, raising…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}