Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - The Cabinet on Tuesday, July 29th, approved the rollout of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Project, targeting over 820,000 vulnerable and unemployed youth across the country.
The program, co-funded by the Government of Kenya and the
World Bank, also includes persons with disabilities.
According to a Cabinet dispatch, NYOTA is designed to
enhance employability, recognize skills, and improve access to decent work
opportunities - forming a critical part of the Bottom-Up Economic
Transformation Agenda (BETA).
The project comprises four key components: paid on-the-job
training, entrepreneurship support, and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
certification.
Currently, the On-the-Job Experience Programme is underway,
seeking to enroll 90,000 youth in three - to six-month paid work placements
with employers.
Participants will receive monthly stipends of Ksh 6,000,
deposited into Haba Haba savings accounts to promote financial inclusion.
Applications opened on July 11th and will close
on August 15th, 2025.
The Cabinet approval follows recent concerns raised by MSMEs
Principal Secretary Susan Mang’eni, who cited budget constraints as a key
reason for the program’s delayed launch.
She told the National Assembly Committee on Trade that only
Ksh1.2 billion has been secured so far, against a requirement of Ksh8.8
billion.
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