CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST PREDATORY DIGITAL LENDERS
There exist digital lenders who expose borrowers to extreme bullying tactics when the money is due, sometimes up to three days before it is due.
This causes mental anguish and has made some people commit su***de.
Moreover, they give unreasonable repayment durations.
Inbox if you'd like to join and/ or support a lawsuit that will order them to stop intrusion or have their paybill numbers and app store listings suspended.
Kuungana Kulipa Mobile Loans
A Telegram-based platform for Nairobi residents who went too far with mobile loans and are literally working to pay loans then borrow immediately.
We crowdfund towards weaning off the loans and being independent again.
13/01/2020
Initial plan: Form groups of 10 who can raise money and put in a Central Account from which they can be repaying their loans, freeing up their regular sources of income. Join our Telegram group through the link below so we talk more:
13/01/2020
We started off as a Telegram channel but because of rigidity in commenting, now we're using a Telegram group. Please join through this link:
DESIGN OF THE CLUB
We form groups of 10 and raise Ksh.5,000 each. That makes it Ksh.50,000, which will go to the Central Account.
We guess no one has borrowed more than Ksh.50,000 through mobile loan apps. This Ksh. 50,000 in the Central Account will be helping each of the 10 members repay their mobile loans.
You tell members how much is needed of you. You'll then repay your loan, borrow again, then return to the Central Account. That will ease pressure on your salary/ regular source of income.
That will ensure that you gradually reduce the amount you're borrowing again. For example if KCB M-Pesa has given you a Ksh.25,000 loan limit, for subsequent borrowing you can borrow 20K, then 15K, etc. In the end you will cut off dependency on this.
On the side, we'll have a merry-go-round where each of the ten gives 3K a month (the initial 5K will be a one-off sum).
This 3K will be given out in turns to each of the 10, as an effort to bolster earnings and maybe get rid of mobile loan temptations.
But before we exchange money, each of the 10 has to sign a contract by an advocate. One also has to produce a national ID, at least one social media handle, and a mandatory production of the three most contacted people. These will be used to name and shame anyone who misbehaves. Each of the 10 members will have those mandatory details of every member.
The Central Account will be in a bank and will need at least five members to sign before withdrawal can be done.
It's an idea we are still fine-tuning. Can it work? Let's share.
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