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 5 years ago
Philip
enrolled.
"My usual day begins at 4:30am when I wake up. I prepare myself and have breakfast. I then head out to Tosha Petrol Station in Mlango Kubwa Village, Mathare, to pick my assigned Uber vehicle for work. I get my vehicle and then I switch on internet on my phone, to await any requests for my service, from clients. I attend to clients through out the day until 9:00PM when I close my work. I reconcile the finances I have received and I take back the vehicle to Tosha Petrol Station for parking, until the following morning. I then head to my house for supper, and to freshen up, and then I retire to bed. In my free time, I enjoy watching movies and to take my family out for some fun."
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over 5 years ago
Deo
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to marry a woman that I can finally settle with as a wife, buy a piece of land that I can farm in. "
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over 5 years ago
David
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship i have faced is the problem of lack of money for proper feeding of my family."
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over 5 years ago
Margret
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house, improve on my cultivation activity, pay school fees for my children and buy some household items. "
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over 5 years ago
Agnes
enrolled.
"The biggest hardship that I am faced with is lack of money to meet the needs of the family. "
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over 5 years ago
Tobias
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means that I will be able to build a home. I will use the transfer to buy a parcel of land and building material which I have not been able to do because the little earning from my business have been going into buying my family food, clothes and medical needs. I shall no longer be paying rent and all my savings would go into purchase of lifestock and expansion of my business."
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over 5 years ago
Michael
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to meet the scholastic needs of my children."
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over 5 years ago
Jennifer
enrolled.
"Receiving this money means I will be able to build an iron roofed house. "
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over 5 years ago
Alphine
enrolled.
"I have two children who completed collage in the year 2014 yet they are still unemployed. I was yearning to see my children getting the education that would in turn get them employed and this forced me to sell cattle and a piece of land which i initially used to practice my dairy farming in. All that worries me is when my children will get employed in order for them to survive on their own as well as buy me back the piece of land i had sold earlier to enable me to continue with my farming."
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over 5 years ago
Kiplangat
enrolled.
"The demise of my son and his wife 3 years ago is the biggest hardship I have faced. They both passed on after getting ill for a while leaving behind 3 children who are still young and really need parental love,it usually breaks my heart whenever they ask about their parents whereabouts.All the burden on meeting their daily needs is all on me despite my old age."
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