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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 7 years ago
Margaret
received a $466 third payment.
"When I got my last transfer I used most of it and paid fees for my two children who are in high school one who is in form four and the the other one in form two , I also took 7000 Kes to help me in leasing a farm , buying seedling and ploughing the remainder of the cash I used to buy a mattress because my old one was old and worn out."
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over 7 years ago
Stephen
received a $487 third payment.
"I had a small house that couldn't accommodate us with my growing family, so I spend my third transfer to build a new house."
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over 7 years ago
Rogers
received a $465 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on buying a motor cycle (90,000 KES, of which 50,000 KES had been saved from second transfer ) . The motor cycle is for transportation business because I wanted to start an activity that would generate income for my family.This is necessitated by the fact that I am a mason and there are times I do not get work, so the income from my motor cycle business comes in handy."
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over 7 years ago
Peter
received a $466 third payment.
"I spent a portion of my third transfer on acquiring an ox-plough for use on my farms. Previously I relied on other people's ox-plough which caused me a lot of delays resulting into very poor harvests. I am more happy today since I am able to plough my farms on time which has subsequently resulted into very good yields. Besides that, I constructed a new house with a different model since the one I had before was very tiny and prone to damages by rain water. Honestly, I have moved a step higher that I couldn't have acquired on my own."
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over 7 years ago
Rose
received a $469 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on renovation of my rental houses which were in bad state, now my income has increased and my living standard too."
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over 7 years ago
Jenipher
received a $466 third payment.
"I have been using kerosene lamp for a longtime and most of the time my children could complain of hurting eyes when studying because of the smoke produced by the lamps, so I felt that I should use part of my third transfer to buy a solar panel that I have since connected to my house. My children no longer complain of eye problems. I also bought a cow that has since given birth, and I am also producing milk. My roof had worn out, so I also thought it wise to buy paint that I used to paint it. It is now so neat. I am grateful for sending me the money."
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over 7 years ago
Joseph
received a $465 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 3-roomed house (35,000 KES) since it used to look bad and needed to be improved. I also bought a bag of dry corn for feeding my family (4,000 KES) and the rest on paying primary school expenses."
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over 7 years ago
Sicolastica
received a $466 third payment.
"The place we live in is mostly flooded when it rains , so when I received this last transfer I spent it in building a much more raised house and a bigger one because the one I lived in before was small. I then bought a bed and mattress since the last one was worn out and I used to fall from the bed and the mattress too was small."
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over 7 years ago
Susan
received a $487 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on plastering my 4-roomed house taht we had enlarged using second transfer(32,000 KES). I also bought seats ( 12,000 KES) since the house looked good and the next thing was to buy good furniture as well."
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over 7 years ago
Agnes
received a $469 third payment.
"I spent my third transfer on the payment of my dowry and construction of a house. My family used to live in rental houses but after getting the third transfer we built a house and now we save the money that we used to pay for rent."
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