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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over 8 years ago
Esther
received a $493 second payment.
"I paid 20,000 KES school fee for my child in high school, bought a cow at 15,000 KES, used 12,000 KES to start a maize business, am still having 1,000 KES for any emergency and I used the rest on food for the house."
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over 8 years ago
Joice
received a $475 third payment.
"I bought a cow for 20000 KES, furniture 12500 KES, bought my children clothes for 3000 KES, shoes 2500 KES, radio 2500 KES, paid debt of 4000 KES"
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over 8 years ago
Agness
received a $493 third payment.
"I have a new goal of buying cows."
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over 8 years ago
Maren
received a $476 third payment.
"I spent 20000 KES to buy Mpesa line, spending 10000 KES for Mpesa float and bought a cow for 15000 KES."
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over 8 years ago
Joseph
received a $475 third payment.
"I spent my second transfer on buying a cow.I also bought a set of chairs,2 sheep and spent 15,000 KES on finishing my building."
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over 8 years ago
Licha
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent the first lumpsum in buying a cross breed dairy cow at a cost of 27000 KES, paid 9000 KES in school for fee, bought clothing for children worth 4000 KES and spent the rest on food."
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over 8 years ago
Florence
received a $475 third payment.
"Paint 3800 KES, window glasses 2100 KES, a cow 17000 KES, utensils 2700 KES, spent 5000 KES on mitumba cloth business, spent 3000 KES on health card, maize 3800 KES and still left with around 15000 KES."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $493 second payment.
"When I received my first lumpsum payment, I spent 23450 KES on 35 iron sheets, 1000 KES on a solar panel, 7500 KES on a steel door, 600 KES on 3 Kgs of nails and the remaining 10000 KES on a cow and I spent the remaining 7175 KES on food."
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over 8 years ago
Anjeline
received a $493 third payment.
"I bought a cow for 28000 KES, three sheep 7500 KES, mattress 6000 KES and maize 7000 KES."
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over 8 years ago
Ann
received a $475 third payment.
"We bought two cows 30000 KES, steel doors and windows 12000 KES and two sacks of maize 4600 KES."
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