I use to struggle with casual jobs so that I can raise money for buying food for my family. When I bought some food items like maize in bulk, I got relieved as when I couldn't find some work to do my family would not go without food. I am also hopeful that in the next few months, the heifer which I bought would have calf down and that I wouldn't be spending much on buying milk anymore. This would cut my daily expenditure by almost half.

According to me, GiveDirectly did well by enrolling every household in our village. This was so fair to all. Again, the officers were able to handle people politely which is so good. I didn't notice anything that wasn't done well.

The second transfers which we received, we spent KES 20000 on buying a heifer for rearing. We then spent KES 15000 on buying a carboard for storing valuables and utensils. Another amount of KES 10000, we spent on buying clothes for our family members. The remaining amount of KES 7000, we spent on buying maize and other foodstuffs.

I received the transfers around seven in the morning while preparing to go to work and I changed plans. I was very happy and I relayed the news to my wife and she was very excited.

The biggest difference in my daily life is relief from casual labor because I used to struggle to feed my family. I now more relaxed than before and can sleep longer hours instead of waking up early to go for casual labor. My family is now decently and neatly dressed like other people's kids unlike before when I couldn't afford decent clothing and we relied majorly on second hand clothes. I used to experiencev household conflict often because I couldn't provide adequate basic needs and when confronted by my wife I was so harsh because of my ego but now there's peace. While at home I am proud to own a dairy cow which is a must have in every Kalenjin household and this usually keeps me busy when I havent gone to work.

I spent 300USD of my transfer on a heifer in order to reduce milk purchase costs because milk costs per day for me is usually KES 80 per day for two liters. I spent 140USD on clothing and shoes because I wanted my family to dress more decently than before when dressed poorly as compared to neighbors kids. I also spent 90 USD on three sacks of maize because my maize stock was depleted. The remainder I have saved majorly for household consumption.