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
Mourin
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent the transfer on buying house hold goods (mattress) , the remaining balance i spent on buying food ."
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over 8 years ago
Peter
received a $99 initial payment.
"l was sleeping on a mart so l decided to buy a mattress worth 3500kshs l also bought 2 Goats at 2500 each the remaining balance use for paying school fees."
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over 8 years ago
Pamela
received a $99 initial payment.
"l had a small house so l use the money to extend it, l bought 6 iron sheets at 3900 kshs, timber at 1050, poles at 700 kshs , nails 1kg at 250kshs, 21/2 at 460kshs, the remaining balance l add some a mount and bought mattress."
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over 8 years ago
Akiliush
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent the transfer on buying small house hold goods that costed me ksh 8000 ( mattress,blanket)."
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over 8 years ago
Angelina
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent my token payment on school fee (2000), buying a mattress (4500) food and clothes (3200)"
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over 8 years ago
George
received a $99 initial payment.
"I spent my Token payment on mattress (4,500 KES), solar Lamp and dry maize(5,500KES)."
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over 8 years ago
Esther
received a $99 initial payment.
"l spend money to pay school fees to my children 4000, l bought mattress at 1500, l bought bag for my husband at 750, l bought school uniform for my daughter at 200 the remaining a mount l use for medication."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"I am planning to buy household items like chairs, a mattress and beds. The remaining transfers will be used to buy some livestock like sheep. "
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over 8 years ago
Konsilata
enrolled.
"We plan to spend the transfer to buy a cow. We also plan to spend the transfer to pay school fees for my grandchild. We also plan to spend the transfer to buy a mattress."
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over 8 years ago
Mary
enrolled.
"I am planning to spend my transfer on buying ten iron sheets so that I can replace the current ones on my roof as they are leaking, I will also spend part of the transfer on buying a solar lamp that will assist my children at night when they are revising so that I replace the kerosene lamp, I will spend the second transfer on paying school fees for my two children who will be joining secondary school next year and part of it I will spend on buying two bulls that I will use in ploughing my farm and the final transfer I will spend on buying three dairy cows and the remaining amount I will spend on buying a mattress and school uniform for my children."
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