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3rd Payment
Transfer Amount
48200 KES ($479 USD)
access_time almost 6 years ago
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What did you spend your third transfer on?
I used the cash transfer to invest in my business. I bought a motorbike that I use to ferry passengers to different areas. I am happy to own this motorbike because it helps me in feeding my family.
2nd Payment
Transfer Amount
50000 KES ($493 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your second transfer on?
I spent my second transfer to plaster my house,so i bought murram worth 8000 KES,i bought balast at 7500 KES,I bought sand at 10000 KES,I bought ten bags of cement worth 8000 KES. I paid 6000 KES for labour during the plastering. I also completed my incomplete shop i had started constructed. I spent 15000 KES.
Describe the biggest difference in your daily life.
The biggest difference is that my shop keeping business is doing well and i am able to sustain my family.
Initial Payment
Transfer Amount
10000 KES ($99 USD)
access_time over 7 years ago
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What did you spend your first transfer on?
I used 4,500 KES to replace motorbike spare parts, bought five iron sheets at 2,500 KES, six wall poles at 900 KES, five roofing poles at 650 KES, nails at 120 KES, paid 500 KES labour charge then added some of my money to the rest of the cash and gave 1,000 KES to my wife.
What are you planning to spend your upcoming transfer on?
Am planning to finish building my kiosk, cement the floor of my current house then start a business with the rest of the cash.
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access_time almost 8 years ago
What are you planning to spend your transfer on?
I am planning to spend the first transfer on cement and sand for plastering the floor of my house that is currently made of mud. I am then planning to use the other transfers to set up a grocery business at our local market centre.
What is the achievement you are proudest of?
I am proudest about the fact that I have been able to put up my own house using money obtained from my motorcycle taxi business.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
The biggest hardship I have faced in my life has been during the rainy seasons when floods swept through my house and I still had to live in it with my family.
What is the happiest part of your day?
The happiest part of my day is in the morning when I am ferrying passengers on my motorcycle.
