GDLive Newsfeed
We check in with people at each stage of the cash transfer process to see how things are going. Take a look at some of their stories as they appear here in real-time.
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over 6 years ago
Janet
received a $461 initial payment.
"After receiveing my first transfer, my daily life is less stressful since we have already got school fees for next term. We are now cultivating crops in order to improve on food production and food security."
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over 6 years ago
Hellen
received a $476 third payment.
"I used the cash transfer to get my sons certificate that was withheld by his secondary school institution because I had not cleared paying his school fees. I also used part of the cash to finish the construction process of my house that I had begun months earlier."
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over 6 years ago
Willis
received a $476 third payment.
"I spent 40,000 purchase a piece of land for farming. The remaining balance I spent on household expenses."
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over 6 years ago
Pamelah
received a $476 third payment.
"I used the last cash transfer to buy a generator that I used to pump water from the river to my nearby farm where I planted some kales for commercial purposes. I can say that the generator has really helped in boosting my business to-date."
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over 6 years ago
Elizabeth
received a $480 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on paying school fees for my two grandchildren who are in secondary school hence I regained the joy of educating them smoothly as they were not being sent home for school fees unlike before the transfer where they could stay even for a month home due to arrears in school .I also bought household expenditure too."
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over 6 years ago
Morin
received a $476 third payment.
"I used the last cash transfer to buy one truck of sand and cement that I used to plaster my new house. I also used part of the cash to buy new clothes for my family. The rest of the money I used to buy food for my family."
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over 6 years ago
Mourine
received a $496 third payment.
"I did spend my transfer to repair my old house. Hence bought new iron sheet and plastered my walls."
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over 6 years ago
Beryl
received a $496 third payment.
"I spent my transfer to settle the payment of the purchase of land that I had started early with the preceding transfers. I currently own my own piece of land."
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over 6 years ago
Janet
received a $476 third payment.
"I used the last cash transfer to buy a cow worth 15000 KES while 20000 I used to pay school fees for my children. I decided to buy a cow because I did not have even one cow. My main aim was to get milk from this cow in the later years that followed. I used rest of the cash to buy food for my family."
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over 6 years ago
Salome
enrolled.
"The achievement I am proudest of is, having lived with my husband up to now despite the quarrels we always have and the hardles of life."
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