Monetisation
Free to post. Funded by people who believe in it.
A platform that sells legal outcomes gets sued. A platform that sells community, ad-free reading and honest research does not. Here is exactly how My Haki Voice pays for itself — and the lines it will never cross.
Listener
Free forever
- Post unlimited stories
- Reply to any thread
- Search every county and category
- Full access to community resources
Voice
KES 200 per month
- Everything in Listener
- Ad-free reading across the site
- Follow threads and get email digests
- Early access to community town halls
- Supporter badge on your pen name
Champion
KES 1,500 per month
- Everything in Voice
- Named on the supporters wall
- Monthly anonymised trends briefing
- Sponsor a county's moderation costs
One-off contribution
Give once, no subscription
Any amount from KES 1,000 upwards. Nothing recurs, nothing is stored for a future charge, and the running total of what moderation costs stays public.
Sign in to contributeMemberships renew automatically until you cancel and are billed securely through Paystack — M-Pesa or card. Cancel any time; posting stays free for everyone.
Revenue model
Four streams, all of them boring on purpose
Community memberships
A small optional monthly fee for ad-free reading, thread following and digests. It buys convenience and belonging — never advice, never priority for a case, never a promise about an outcome.
Supporter donations
One-off M-Pesa or card contributions from readers and the diaspora, with a public running total of what moderation and hosting actually cost each month.
Ethical sponsorship
Clearly labelled placements from legal-aid NGOs, universities, insurers and civic organisations. Sponsors never see user data, never influence moderation and are never presented as endorsed legal help.
Anonymised insight reports
Aggregate, non-identifying reports on what Kenyans are complaining about by county and category, sold to researchers, media and policy bodies. Built from public posts only, with no personal data.
Six things we will never sell
- Charging for case review, assessment or 'how strong is my case'
- Paid lawyer referrals or commission on introductions
- Selling user data, contact details or profiles to anyone
- Pay-to-remove-a-post, or paying to bury someone else's story
- Subscriptions that imply legal representation of any kind
- AI that predicts outcomes or drafts documents for a fee
Every item on that list is where a Kenyan consumer-protection or Advocates Act claim would come from. Turning any of them on would multiply revenue and multiply liability at the same time.
A realistic path
Phase 1 — Community (months 0–6)
Zero revenue by design. Grow the forum, prove moderation works, publish the takedown log, and incorporate the company. Costs are hosting and part-time moderation.
Phase 2 — Supporters (months 6–12)
Turn on donations and the Voice membership. A forum with 20,000 monthly readers converting at 1% at KES 200 covers moderation for a small team.
Phase 3 — Institutions (year 2)
Add clearly labelled sponsorship from legal-aid and civic organisations, plus quarterly anonymised trend reports for researchers and media. This is where the model becomes self-sustaining without ever touching a user's case.
Need help with something?
Billing, account, moderation or legal questions. Never send case documents or ID numbers. Signed-in members get a two-way thread and notifications.
Want to understand the legal thinking behind this?
Read the legal risk register →