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Receiving this money will enable me to pay fees and also continue with my farming activities. I plan on spending my entire transfers on farming because the proceeds will meet other needs such as fees and food for my family. I am hopeful that I will have enough capital to enable me tend to the tomatoes and get a bounty harvest.
What is the happiest part of your day?
I solely rely on farming of maize and tomatoes for a living. In the past 6 months, I was happy when I collected my proceeds of KES 200000 from Kenya Seed Company after delivering maize to them. This amount enabled me to plant tomatoes in my farm and also pay some fee arrears for my children.
What is the biggest hardship you've faced in your life?
I am currently stressed because I cannot afford to pay fees for my 8 children in primary and secondary school. This is because I lost two and a half acres of tomatoes due to floods that hit us recently. The tomatoes were to be harvested on the following day but floods came the night before and swept away my entire farm. I have to look for other means such as selling sume of my livestock. I sold 15 goats and 2 cows so that I could pay fees for my children and also to replant tomatoes on the farm.
