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 7 years ago
Peter
received a $476 third payment.
"I have a goal of doing fishing as a business."
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over 7 years ago
Maurine
received a $475 third payment.
"We have a goal of doing fishing as a business."
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almost 8 years ago
Rose
received a $493 second payment.
"When I received my first lumpsum transfer, I paid 30000 KES college school fees for my daughter and we invested the remaining 19725 KES in a fishing net."
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almost 8 years ago
Seline
received a $492 second payment.
"One cow at 15,000 KES, one goat at 2,500 KES, one sheep at 3,000 KES, a solar panel and a wet-cell at 15,000 KES, three bulbs at 1,000 KES, clothes for thee family at 1,000 KES, a sack of maize at 3,000 KES, a hoofer system at 4,000 KES, fishing net at 1,000 KES, gave 2,000 KES to my sister-in-law then used the rest on food for the family."
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almost 8 years ago
Mercy
enrolled.
"We're planning to start up a second hand clothes business to help in supplementing my husband's job of fishing and lastly paying school fees for our children ."
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almost 8 years ago
Ernest
enrolled.
"We are planning to spend our transfer on school fees for our eldest child who is going to join secondary school next year. We are also planning to spend part of the transfer to buy fishing nets to use in the lake as a means of earning an income. "
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almost 8 years ago
Collins
received a $99 initial payment.
"I am planning to build a new house and buy ropes for a fishing net with my upcoming lump-sum payment"
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almost 8 years ago
Millicent
received a $494 second payment.
"l spent the transfer to build kitchen so l bought 18 iron-sheets at 9860 kshs, poles at 4600 kshs, timber at 7200 kshs, nails at 1600 kshs, door at 3000 kshs, labor-charge 5000 kshs, l spent 5000 kshs on food, l spent 10000 kshs to buy fishing-net, l also spent 3000 kshs to dig pit-latrine."
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almost 8 years ago
Morine
received a $497 second payment.
"l spent the transfer to buy 2 cow-bulls at 30000 kshs, l also bought fishing-net at 6000 kshs, l also paid school fees of 2000 kshs, l also spent 4500 kshs to buy saving-machine, the remaining balance l spent to buy food."
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almost 8 years ago
William
received a $494 second payment.
"My life has really change because l am using my boat for fishing and l get my daily income."
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