{"id":18525,"date":"2026-01-12T10:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18525\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:13:11","slug":"kindiki-tells-off-leaders-claiming-nyota-grant-is-too-little-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/18525\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindiki tells off leaders claiming NYOTA grant is too little"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/901f96cb-d13e-4643-bdea-dcdce7d32867.png\" class=\"ui-draggable ui-draggable-handle\" style=\"max-width: 100%; width: 100%;\"\/>Deputy President Kithure Kindiki\/FILE<\/p>\n<p>Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has dismissed criticism&#13;<br \/>\nfrom leaders who have questioned the adequacy of the NYOTA grant, insisting the&#13;<br \/>\nprogramme is a crucial first step in empowering young people economically.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Kabiruini Showground in Nyeri County, Kindiki&#13;<br \/>\nsaid leaders who argue that the amount given to youth is too little should&#13;<br \/>\ninstead seek alternative resources and top up the government\u2019s support rather&#13;<br \/>\nthan disparaging the initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you think the money is small, we will give what we are&#13;<br \/>\nable to give now. Go and look for more money and add to what the government is&#13;<br \/>\ngiving the youth,\u201d Kindiki said.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy President noted that the current allocation under&#13;<br \/>\nthe NYOTA programme should not be viewed as final, adding that the government&#13;<br \/>\nis exploring additional ways of increasing support to young people in the&#13;<br \/>\nfuture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just the first step towards your own empowerment,\u201d&#13;<br \/>\nhe told beneficiaries of the fund, urging them to make prudent use of the&#13;<br \/>\ngrants they receive.<\/p>\n<p>Kindiki argued that there is no fixed definition of whether&#13;<br \/>\na grant is little or enough, stressing that the real measure of success lies in&#13;<br \/>\nhow the money is utilised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no little or enough grant. What matters is how you&#13;<br \/>\nspend the money and what you are able to build from it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He encouraged young people to view the NYOTA grant as seed&#13;<br \/>\ncapital that can be used to lay the foundation for sustainable livelihoods,&#13;<br \/>\nnoting that many successful entrepreneurs started with modest resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to encourage our young people to take whatever they&#13;<br \/>\nwill receive today as the first step towards transforming their lives. It is&#13;<br \/>\npossible to start small and grow big into a successful business person in the&#13;<br \/>\nfuture,\u201d the Deputy President added.<\/p>\n<p>The NYOTA grant is part of the government\u2019s broader strategy&#13;<br \/>\nto tackle youth unemployment by supporting enterprise development and&#13;<br \/>\nself-employment among vulnerable young people across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Implemented with support from the World Bank, the grant&#13;<br \/>\nprovides eligible youths with seed capital of up to Sh50,000, alongside&#13;<br \/>\ntraining in entrepreneurship, financial literacy and life skills.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative targets vulnerable and low-income youth,&#13;<br \/>\nhelping them transition into self-employment and improve their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond funding, the programme is designed to equip&#13;<br \/>\nbeneficiaries with practical skills and mentorship to enhance sustainability,&#13;<br \/>\nreduce youth unemployment and stimulate grassroots economic activity across the&#13;<br \/>\ncountry.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deputy President Kithure Kindiki\/FILE Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has dismissed criticism&#13; from leaders who have questioned the adequacy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[11555,80,8559,11553,98,100,101,99,1346,11554],"class_list":{"0":"post-18525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-job-creation","9":"tag-kenya","10":"tag-kithure-kindiki","11":"tag-nyota-grant","12":"tag-star-news","13":"tag-star-news-kenya","14":"tag-the-star","15":"tag-the-star-newspaper","16":"tag-william-ruto","17":"tag-youth-empowerment"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}