Help! I have a Sh50,000 job, don’t pay rent and have nothing to show for it

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I have not paid rent since August 2021, and I have nothing to show for it. I live alone in my sister’s house. Work opportunities have been rare and sometimes I go more than two months without work.

In March, I got a short-term contract that paid Sh35,000. I worked for two months. I got another job in June that paid Sh34,000 for one month. In July, I didn’t have a job. In August, I got a job that paid me Sh50,000. Out of the Sh50,000, I would receive a daily allowance of Sh1,000.

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