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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8 years ago
Eunice
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to spend my upcomming cash transfer to buy chairs,weed my sugarcane,renovate my house,start a business to get income and to buy a cow to enable my husband pay dowry."
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8 years ago
Sharon
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to use my upcoming transfer to build a house, lease 2 acres of land a plant tomatoes, buy a cow and 2 goats."
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8 years ago
Mary
received a $494 second payment.
"I spent my second transfer on buying 2 bulls 24,000 KES, dairy cow 15,000 KES, one sac of maize 3,000 KES, one sac of millet 2,000 KES, poultry 2,500 KES, cooking oil 2,500 KES and kept the remaining amount for emergency."
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8 years ago
Florance
received a $494 second payment.
"I spent the second cash transfer on paying school fees for my children 35000 KES and 15000 KES respectively.I also bought a cow 10000 KES."
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8 years ago
Thomson
received a $99 initial payment.
"l am planning to plaster my house since l am staying in a very dusty house, l am also planning to buy few cow-bulls for farming."
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8 years ago
Twaha
enrolled.
"I did have a cow that i sold off to pay a token to my wife's parent as an appreciation."
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8 years ago
John
enrolled.
"I would like to use part of my transfer on building a new house because my current house is in a poor state.Secondly, l intend to buy household items for instance, chairs,matress, tables and a bed using part of the transfer. Lastly,l am planning to buy two cows that will bring me income by selling some milk."
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8 years ago
Mwajuma
enrolled.
"I did buy a cow and reared it for some good time,after i sold it and bought a plot of land that i plant some crops."
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8 years ago
Beatrice
enrolled.
"Our first plan is to to use part of this money to buy a cow that would in future provide us with milk and some of which we intend to sell to villagers to get some income. Secondly, we plan to spend another part of the transfer boost our small business of selling fish, and lastly, we intend to use the remaining amount to buy furniture."
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8 years ago
Millicent
enrolled.
"The first thing we are planning is to use part of the transfer to build a bigger house because the current one is smaller. Secondly, we intend to use another part of the money to buy five sheep and and one cow that would be as a security in case of emergency. Lastly, we intend to use the remaining amount to start a small business of buying bananas in wholesale and selling to the villagers at retail price."
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