Isn't 500 too small? OK. First, you need to come off from your palatial lifestyle that 50k+ a month salary can afford you in Kenya. Now that you've alighted and come down to the level of the average Kenyan who knows nothing about money market funds, government bonds, sacco savings, online work, and has no godfather to organize a job for them, let's look at this from the eyes of who it's really meant for. You wake up, nothing in your pocket, but a katululu in your hands. You dial *254#, and voila, you can access 400 bob instantly without kissing the asses of your well off relatives. You buy packets of sweets or peanuts for the entire amount and head to the streets. By 2pm, you have made your 180-200 shillings profit. You head back to the wholesaler and buy more, and by the end of day you have 400 bob without lifting fifty 10kg stones up 7 floors at a mjengo site which was not approved by the construction authority and may collapse on your way up the stairs. To top it, you have 10-20 bob savings that you 'can't' be tempted to spend anyhowly safely stashed in the Fund. This is a gamechanger for many kenyans. People poking holes in it know nothing about sleeping hungry for 2 days straight. Meanwhile pale githeri media for the next one week:

