The Kenyan government has postponed the NYOTA verification exercises scheduled for Friday, October 17, 2025, across all 290 constituencies following the sudden death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

• The postponement is in response to President William Ruto's Presidential Proclamation of national mourning, effective until Raila Odinga's interment.
• The NYOTA program, funded by the World Bank, aims to provide Ksh50,000 grants to 70 young people from each of 1,450 wards to address unemployment.
• A special delegation, led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, will travel to India for repatriation of Raila Odinga's body.