I have a son in secondary school, and I am glad he is going to sit his final exams this year, so when I received my third transfer, I cleared all his arrears. I am so happy he does not have any arrears carried forward to the next year. The remaining I spent on buying building materials that I used to construct a kitchen where I can cook from. Previously I had to cook outside and the weather was not so friendly. All the dust, and the dirt and sometimes when it rained I do not cook for my family. I now have a kitchen where I can cook from comfortably without the worry of eating dirty food or even being rained on.

I spent my second transfer on buying 18 bags of cement at 750 KES each, one tonne of lorry full of sand at 7300 KES, labor cost at 8000 KES, windows at 2000 KES, a door at 2000 KES, payment of school fees at 7000 KES, I also spent 10000 KES on starting up shoes selling in the community, while the rest of the transfers were spent on food and upkeep.

The biggest difference in my daily life is that I can earn a living from my small scale business of selling shoes thus providing for my family members as well.

I spent my first transfer on paying fees for my son in secondary school, bought cushions for my seats, maize and school uniforms for my children in primary school.

At that moment my son was sent home from school to get fees and my other children in lower primary needed new school uniforms because theirs were tattered. I felt so much peaceful and lifted from financial burdens when I received my transfers.. Thank you GD.