In the near future and beyond. I am planning to hire a piece of land for farming as I own a smaller one. I will as well hire a tractor for farming instead of doing it with the help of casual labourers. This is cost-effective as compared to when it is done by the labourers. In addition, I have plans of starting up a groceries business to be run in the evenings. Groceries business has high demand as food is consumed on a daily basis. The profits earned will be enough for my young family's basic needs like food, clothing and school fees.

In my opinion, what GiveDirectly does well in this program is that we receive the transfers in lumpsum amounts. This helps in planning as one is in a position to do something huge as compared to when the transfers are given in small instalments. The unlearned recipients are taught how to use mpesa. This has reduced the number of theft cases in the community as most of us managed to change our pins to a more secure code. To avoid household conflict, what needs to be done differently is enrolling all the individuals in the household. During enrollment, those individuals who did not have responsibilities by then were left out of the program yet these are the same people who steal from their old and vulnerable parents. Give Directly staff are very transparent during the enrollment process, they are so keen during the verification process and this ensures that none is left out during registration to the program. Another thing that needs to be done differently is enrolling all the communities in a specific village for uniformity purposes and this will prevent too many complaints coming from the communities that are left out during the registration to the programs.

Before the transfer, I never had a modern house, I owned a small grass-thatched house which was leaking during the rainy season. I thank Give Directly for the transfers as I managed to build a two-bedroom modern house for kshs 30,000 Initially, I never had peace of mind as it was so tiresome moving some of my valuable items during the rainy season, my young boys too never had adequate space to spend their nights and this was so stressful as they could sleep in a neighbour's house. My peace of mind is finally restored since I built a house. I am a University student, a third-year student studying Education. I used the remaining part of the transfers of kshs 23,000 to pay for my tuition fees

It was in the evening as I was running my errands at the market center. I could not help but see some of my neighbors excited about receiving funds that they all claimed to have received from Give directly. A state of confusion and disappointment filled the air for the few of us who kept checking our phones with nothing to show off and celebrate. I went home early that evening and waited patiently to see if it would turn to be my red later day. The night was interesting when I received a message around 9 pm that changed my life. I was alone in the house, but the excitement of the received funds made me stare at the roof, tossing and turning till in the morning.

The biggest difference in my daily life since I started receiving the transfers is the purchase of the bull and the cow. In the next few months with proper feeds, this will be an opportunity to have a calf and an adequate supply of milk which will support me in my finances.

I have always wanted to own a dairy cow because it’s an opportunity to employ myself and an exciting opportunity to make money. I have been working as a casual laborer on construction sites which has not given me the financial freedom to have investments. When I received the cash, I used KES 45,000 to buy a bull and a cow. My plan is to keep them hoping to have them reproduce, which will be an increase in the number of livestock and an opportunity for me to sell milk. I also used the remaining cash to buy 90kg bag of maize for KES 4100 and paid for a foodstuff bought on credit in a nearby shop next to my home.