Uganda, Nov. 23 -- The fate of potential recipients of government study loans for the 2022/23 academic year hangs in the balance because the board that approves the students' applications is not in place, this publication can reveal.

Our investigations show that dozens of students who enrolled in universities on the understanding that they would get the loans issued by Higher Education Students Financing Board (HESFB) are now stuck, as are administrators of the education institutions.

Highly-placed sources, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, revealed that some of the institutions of higher learning, among them Kabale and Bishop Stuart universities, are considering blocking would-be recipients of the...