PREMIUM Mandago acquittal in Scholarship case sparks fresh fury in Eldoret For many victims, the verdict compounded years of financial hardship and shattered dreams. Uasin Gishu 16 min ago
2 million, other victims and parents in the Finland and Canada Overseas Students Scholarship program scandal, demonstrate in Eldoret City, Uasin Gishu County on July 28, 2026, over the acquittal of Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago, and two co-accused from the case by a Nakuru court last week.
The demonstrators later marched from the Uasin Gishu County headquarters to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) North Rift regional offices, where they were advised that the commission had exhausted its mandate after the matter was concluded in court and that their legal recourse now lay in appealing the ruling at the High Court.
The emotional demonstrations erupted after a Nakuru court acquitted Uasin Gishu Senator Jackson Mandago and two co-accused last week, ruling that prosecutors had failed to establish a prima facie criminal case, leaving more than 350 families without criminal accountability, refunds or the overseas education they had paid for.
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