Ruto waives 2 year business permit fees for NYOTA beneficiaries

President William Ruto has announced a two-year waiver on business permit fees for all NYOTA programme beneficiaries as part of government efforts to support young entrepreneurs. Speaking during the rollout of the second phase of the NYOTA programme, the President said the government will invest more than three billion shillings to support over 122,000 young entrepreneurs nationwide. More than 88,000 initial beneficiaries also received a second tranche of 25,000 shillings each, bringing the total support they have received under the programme to 50,000 shillings.