Security Guard is the Latest Millionaire in Safaricom Shangwe @25 Promotion

Geoffrey Kipkoech, a 49-year-old security guard from Gachie, is the latest winner of Safaricom’s Shangwe @25 competition, walking away with KES 1 million. Kipkoech joins a pool of 15 millionaires who have won the cash through the competition, which was launched last year. Additionally, he walked away with KES 250,000 for a community project of his choice.

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Kipkoech, father of five and an employee of Rosslyn Estate in the city, received the life-changing call while attending a training session in Nairobi when Safaricom finally managed to reach him after several missed calls.

“I have been a security guard for the last fifteen years. I have been struggling to give enough to my family. I am therefore grateful for this victory that has come into my life. I would genuinely like to thank Safaricom for giving my family this amazing gift. I will use it to help my family and pay school fees for my children. I also have a plan to increase my dairy cows to enlarge my small dairy and tea farm,” said Kipkoech.

He won the Shangwe @25 campaign by acquiring airtime using M-PESA, which he uses daily to attend to family chores. Apart from working as a security guard, Kipkoech is a small-scale farmer with cattle as well as a tea farm in Nandi to supplement family income.

Kipkoech will invest some of the money in constructing rental houses in Nandi for steady income. He will also enlarge his dairy cattle business by acquiring more cattle. This will even more strengthen the means of livelihood for his family.

With a heart full of gratitude, he will use the community aspect of the Shangwe @25 reward to benefit the Kipsiori Catholic Church by constructing a small house for a vulnerable family within the village. Additionally, he will donate chairs to the church to enhance the facilities.

Since its inception, Shangwe @25 has rewarded its consumers with money prizes, data bundles, devices, as well as business enabling items. Every week, over 50,000 clients take home KES 10,000, KES 50,000, or KES 100,000, while 25 people are expected to become millionaires by the end of this campaign.

The promotion also supports business, ranging from micro-entrepreneurs who receive tuk-tuks to conduct logistics to medium and large businesses that receive KES 500,000 to undertake CSR activities. Shangwe @ 25 is one of the activities Safaricom is undertaking to mark its 25 years of anniversary. In order to access the M-PESA products, one has

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