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Cashing in on ‘instant’ cheque payment

BY LILLIAN KIARIE

Receiving payment through cheque when in urgent need of cash can be frustrating. Milkah Atieno, a contractor with a private firm in Nairobi, received an emergency call from her son, who had been arrested by police for assault and required a cash bail of Sh15,000 to be released.

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