Interviews for the NYOTA grant, a joint **Kenya Government** and **World Bank** business support program, will commence on Monday across all Kenyan sub-counties. This initiative aims to empower 100,000 young Kenyan businesspeople with a KSh50,000 grant each.

• The Ksh. 5 billion National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) project will empower 70 young people from each of the country’s 1,450 wards.
• President William Ruto announced the start of these interviews and highlighted other government initiatives, including an agreement with Nairobi County to contract the private sector for garbage collection and provide KSh60 million to **Starehe Boys School** for infrastructure improvements.
• The **President** also emphasized ongoing efforts to unite the country and shared that **Kenya** has what it takes to achieve **First World** status by 2055, citing achievements like the construction of 170,000 housing units in three years.