The Clergy/Elders Forum under the Alternative Justice System (AJS) has summoned parents, whose children successfully benefited from the Finland/Canada Overseas Education Programme, to appear before it on Thursday, September 24, to reconcile fees paid by individual parents and the Overseas Education Trust Fund.
The Forum, established under the auspices of the Myoot Council of Elders and the Uasin Gishu County clergy leaders, said the meeting would help establish the amounts paid by parents and any additional funds contributed by the trust towards the education of successful beneficiaries.
Speaking during a press briefing in Eldoret, Monday, Forum Chairperson, Major John Sei, said parents of students who successfully proceeded to Finland and Canada, had been invited to provide information on the payments made towards their children’s education.
“The purpose of the meeting is to confirm and reconcile the fees paid by individual parents and any amount paid by the trust that enabled your students to proceed for their studies,” Sei said.
He said the Forum had previously invited parents and students whose applications were unsuccessful to appear before it as part of the process of examining issues surrounding the overseas education programme.
Sei stated the Forum had records and telephone contacts of parents whose children benefited from the programme and would notify them of the Thursday meeting through text messages.
He urged the invited parents to attend and provide accurate information on the amounts paid by the trust on their behalf.
“For those who succeeded and are in various countries pursuing their studies, or have completed their studies and are working, we want their parents to appear before this Forum and tell us if they still owe any money to the Trust,” he said.
Sei added that parents found to owe the Trust would be required to indicate how they intended to refund the money.
The Forum said the reconciliation process was aimed at ensuring that records held by the Trust corresponded with those of individual parents, particularly on funds used to facilitate successful students to proceed with their studies.
“The Clergy/Elders Forum under the Alternative Justice System, was constituted to find the truth, provide justice and reconciliation to all parties that were affected in the Finland/Canada Overseas Education Programme,” Sei said in a statement dated September 21, 2026.
Bishop Luka Maiyo of the African Inland Church (AIC), Eldoret Area Church Council, urged parents to approach the reconciliation process with honesty, cooperation and a commitment to justice.
Maiyo said the Forum had embarked on the process in the hope of resolving outstanding issues surrounding the programme through dialogue and reconciliation.
He urged parents to provide truthful and complete information, saying cooperation from all parties would help the forum achieve its objectives.
“I have been told that my happiness is your happiness, and my sadness is your sadness. That is why we are calling on the spirit of cooperation, honesty, truth, justice and togetherness, with a view to building a better tomorrow for each one of us,” he said.
Maiyo said both successful beneficiaries and those whose applications were unsuccessful remained members of the community and that the reconciliation process required a collective sense of responsibility.
He noted that the children affected by the programme would eventually assume leadership and other responsibilities in society, making it important for the community to address the matter in a manner that promotes social cohesion.
The Forum was established after Uasin Gishu Governor, Jonathan Bii, announced plans to pursue an Alternative Justice System, to seek a lasting resolution to issues arising from the Finland and Canada Overseas Education Programme.
The initiative followed the acquittal of former Uasin Gishu Governor, Jackson Mandago and his co-accused in the Sh1.1 billion scholarship case.