“God wiped my tears” – Former house help says as she shares photos of house she built

Deborah Odari, a former house help, shared pictures of the home she built in Mumias, Kakamega county, Kenya.

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She recounted her journey from working as a house help to finally acquiring a house, which she called her “mini palace” in an interview with TUKO.co.ke.

Deborah recounted how she struggled to make ends meet by hawking in the city and working as a housekeeper for her cousin.

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She said;

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“I worked as a house girl to my cousin at Ongata Rongai. I did hawking for two months. I decided to be house girl at Kariobangi, got a salary and picked up my secretarial certificate before returning to Kayole,”

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Deborah then pursued a diploma course in early childhood development education.

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“I later joined Bridge International Academies and did a diploma in ECDE part-time at Halisi College Kayole.

She was eventually employed by the county government, marking a change in her fortunes.

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“The invisible and visible scars God healed. He wiped my tears and he’s steering me to my destiny. It’s God. God bless my friends.”

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Deborah further disclosed that she baked brick with her brother to build the house.

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“I sold extra bricks to buy sand and ballast. For the windows and grills I bought the materislas and my cousin Andrew made it,”

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Deborah said that she spent KSh 190,000 on the iron sheets and built the house in bits together with her husband.

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