Kenyan woman takes her home bank box to welder for opening, flaunts cash she saved in one year

• A young woman has touched many people on the internet after breaking her home bank to count the huge fortune she had stashed in it for a year
• Unlike some home savings tools that only need a knife to open, the lady had to take her home bank to a welder, who had welded it shut a year ago
• Kenyan social media reacted humorously to her unconventional savings journey and pointed out their own habits, which cannot allow them to save even a single penny

A young woman who had been religiously saving money for a year finally decided to take her home bank to a welder so he could break it open and allow her to count the fortune.

Story by Susan Mwenesi

In a video shared on Instagram, the young woman is seen showing off the metal box with notes and coins that she had painstakingly saved for...

a year.

In the video, she is seen carrying the box to the welder, who had to be very careful when cutting it open to avoid burning the money, as one can only imagine the damage it could cause to a bunch of notes.

"I have been recycling this home bank for three years now. In the past, I saved my money in the normal tins sold alongside the road, but after misusing the money, I turned to this one, which is closed at the beginning of the year and only opened by a welder," she said.

According to the lady, the most challenging but rewarding moment is counting the money. She counted the money with the help of her mother and brother.

"My mum was taking the KSh 500, I counted the KSh 1,000 while my brother counted the KSh 200," she said.

"I know people who do online savings, and savers in banks will come for me, but they should know that I also do online savings. I just love doing this, as I have been doing it for the longest time of my life. An advantage of traditional savings is that it gives you the discipline of saving," she said.

How did Kenyans react to the welded 'bank'

samuelmakori.k:

"Niko single 😂😂."

9_ten_.smash_3r:

"Siku yenye kutanyesha maji ibebe iyo home bank hutaamini😂😂."

king.blky:

"😂😂😂hii ikipita three minutes mins narudisha anifungulie."

evenovah:

"Nilieka soo nikatoa last week😢."

atienowabiashara:

"Good idea. Put a fireproof bag inside ndo pesa ianguke hapo. Redesign kidogo tu."

nganya_kenya:

"Nimetuma mia kwa bank ati nisave, sai nashinda nmepigia customer care simu kuwauliza kama pesa Iko safe😂."

art._visionary:

"Ati diligently...I love Kenya."

chiwawa_wagidoo:

"Alafu kuna mimi nimevunja fuliza yangu nilikua nimeweka kwa Mshwari box😢😂."

kibet_222:

"Hii nikisota vizuri naeza fungua na meno😂😂."

waringa_kim:

"Mnapata wapi pesa za kusave mailord😮,mbao zangu zitafika hivi kweli."

0nlymoh1:

"Nimejaribu kusave ten bob nimekula😂😂😂."

lavoofoxy:

"The pain of kusota na ukona pesa kwa savings box weeeh 🫴😊.Kujikaza tu imalize a year si rahisi."

Man shows off savings worth KSh 30k

In another story, a TikToker identified as Moses (@mos_eh) amazed netizens after he saved KSh 10,800 in a 20-litre bottle throughout 2024.

The yung man shared that he began the ‘Kibuyu Challenge’ in January and had been depositing notes and coins daily, eventually amassing over KSh 30,000.

The TikToker shared a video clip of himself cutting the kibuyu to get the cash, noting that it later took him hours to count his cash.