MPs demand answers over Sh300mn KUCCPS placement fee debt

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The National Assembly Education Committee wants KUCCPS to disclose the categories of institutions that have failed to remit the Sh1,500 placement fee charged for each student placed.

The issue emerged on Wednesday when the committee, chaired by Julius Melly, scrutinised KUCCPS’s budget implementation for the 2025/26 financial year.

KUCCPS chief executive Agnes Wahome told MPs that the failure by some institutions to honour their payment obligations had affected the agency’s ability to meet its revenue target from placement fees.

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According to Dr Wahome, KUCCPS had targeted Sh284.16 million in placement fees but collected Sh261.57 million during the financial year.

“Placement fees are monies invoiced to institutions after we have finished with placement. But some institutions fail to honour their obligations to pay, thus we could not achieve our target. We have about Sh300 million that has not been paid by institutions, mainly universities,” she said.

Committee vice-chairperson Eve Obara questioned KUCCPS on the nature of the institutions that were in arrears and whether the agency had taken legal or administrative measures to recover the money.

“Table 3 shows that placement fees underperformed (Sh261.57 million actual versus Sh284.16 million target) because not all institutions were able to honour their obligations. Which categories of institutions—public universities, private colleges or TVETs—are defaulting on these remittances, and what legal or administrative recourse is KUCCPS taking to recover these debts?” Ms Obara asked.

Dr Wahome explained that the Sh1,500 charge is a one-off fee paid by institutions for student placement and validation services.

She said KUCCPS validates student data every semester after students report to institutions, enabling universities to access government funding and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) to process funds.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya

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