Uasin Gishu governor Jonathan Bii has issued assurance to resolve the stalemate on Finland scholarship program and ensure continuity of learning for the students. 

Speaking in Eldoret town on Monday, Bii said he will soon have a meeting with his CECs and the taskforce formed to probe the issue so as to draw a policy on the same.

Bii said that as a county, they are also following up on the recommendations of the county assembly ad-hoc committee on Finland sponsorship and that of other government agencies such as EACC.

He said those found to have swindled the funds meant for students should be brought to book.

A recent expose by local TV revealed that hundreds of students from Uasin Gishu County that are currently studying in Finland are facing deportation after the county failed to remit tuition fees for their second semester as per the scholarship agreement.

In September last year, the county government of Uasin Gishu sent 202 students for a scholarship programme in Helsinki, Finland.

Students in Finland who spoke to local TV said they have been given two days to vacate their hostels that have also not been paid.

Before leaving the country for Finland, their parents had contributed school fees worth Ksh. 1.19 million to the fund that MCAs now claim has been operating like a personal account.

Each parent further sent Ksh.100,000 for air tickets and three months accomodation amounting to Ksh.80,000. A Ksh.30,000 insurance for each student was also deposited to the account operated by Uasin Gishu county employees.