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Minimal wage earners also ought to budget

NAIROBI: Michael Kang’ethe, a self-employed butcher, recalls the time he worked with an insurance company selling their policies. His pay was pegged on commission on sales and it was hard to subsist on the little wages till the next pay day. Futher, his pay was inconsistent each month meaning he had to make financial sense balancing his budget from the pitiful income.

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