A woman discovers bundles of old KSh 1000 notes in a suitcase she last checked 14 years ago

A Kenya Woman has left tongues wagging on social media after displaying bundles of old KSh 1000 notes she had forgotten in her suitcase for 14 years.

Eva Cheboi discovered bundles of old KSh 1000 notes in a suitcase she last checked 14 years ago. Photo: Eva Cheboi. Source: UGC Eva Cheboi shared the regrettable story on her Facebook page on Friday, January 29, attracting a barrage of reactions from netizens. In a short caption to the photos of the notes she shared, Eva said she was saddened to discover the monies long after the new generation currency was rolled out. “Today I have fainted and resurrected severally. Bumped into this cash in my old suitcase of 14years,” she wrote.

Netizens wondered how she could forget all that money inside a suitcase for a whole 14 years.

Kipngetich Kitu wondered: “Aje sasa (how?)…are those bundles of thousands? Are you even a Kenyan”?

Silas Chumba Tiony said: “Eva Cheboi you’re an example of a dynasty huko (on) ground. Niwekee kwa Mpesa pls (send it to my MPesa please).”

Kaluche Keyrop said: “The way you didn’t know it was there,,, then forget about finding it. Just throw them”.

Paul Maruri Lagat said: “How on earth could u forget the money. It means u didn’t earn them or u have plenty. No nid to faint again”.

On October 17, 2019, a related incident was reported where a man from Siaya failed to convert his KSh 500, 000 into the new currency. Julius Odinga went from grace to grass after banks declined to exchange his old notes amounting to KSh 500,000 on account that the deadline had elapsed. The former mechanic made two trips to the Central Bank of Kenya in Kisumu hoping to get assistance but his efforts hit a snag. The government launched a new generational currency in June 2019 and gave Kenyan until the end of September 2019 to swap the old currency with the new ones.

The change of currency, according to Central Bank of Kenya boss Patrick Njoroge, was aimed at reducing the circulation of fake notes and taming corruption. Njoroge noted the new currencies had special features that cannot be easily be forged by fraudsters.