The Kenyan government has issued a warning to youth applying for the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) program due to a rise in fake platforms and scammers. The NYOTA administrators reiterated that the program is free and does not require any payment for services.

• Over 1 million applicants have registered for the NYOTA program since the application window opened on July 11.
• The NYOTA program aims to benefit over 820,000 vulnerable and unemployed youth, including persons with disabilities.
• The program, a joint initiative by the government and World Bank, was approved by the Cabinet on July 29.

The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) announced that five Kenyans were convicted in a Mombasa Law Court for encroaching on a road reserve along the Mombasa–Nairobi highway. This follows their failure to comply with multiple vacation notices issued on April 4.

• Five Kenyans pleaded guilty to encroachment charges.
• The KeNHA case cited violations of Section 49(1)(a) read with Section 49(6) of the Kenya Roads Act No. 2 of 2007.
• This incident comes as the proposed 419km Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway Project, dubbed Usahihi Express and estimated to cost Ksh468 billion, recently faced setbacks with its development proposal being abandoned by the Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) Committee.