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
Tabitha
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent my first lumpsum transfer on building an iron roofed house.I also bought 2 ox and started a fish business."
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over 8 years ago
Everlyne
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent 10,000 KES on clothes, bedding, utensils. I saved the remaining 40,000 KES for a salon and boutique business after a top-up with the last transfer.."
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over 8 years ago
Rispa
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I'm currently settled after cementing the house and paying the children's school fees. The house was previously very dusty causing respiratory infections to my family."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Caroline
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I have a big house now where I can be freely with my children."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Jane
received a $493 second payment.
"The biggest difference in my life is that I used to work as a farmhand to earn a living, but currently I have some penny to buy food."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $493 second payment.
"I spent on construction of a kitchen and a latrine. I paid 10,000 KES school fees for my son. I injected 20,000 KES into a shop business. I also cemented the main house."
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over 8 years ago
Milicent
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy a cow to provide us with milk. I also hope to buy ironsheety, timber and nails and build an iron roofed house."
(Occupation: Small business)
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over 8 years ago
Josephine
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent my Token payment on start –up hotel business by the Lakeside, and also bought some household items to replace what I had lost when fire gutted down my house recently."
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over 8 years ago
Vickline
received a $99 initial payment.
"We spent my Token payment on groceries business start-up and purchase of dry maize"
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over 8 years ago
Margaret
received a $99 initial payment.
"I plan to buy ironsheet, timber and nails, and build an iron roofed house."
(Occupation: Small business)
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