The lesser communities have been uplifted and given a chance to hope for a better future as the unconditional transfers ensure better planning and great investments among the people.

Getting by the days has been a major challenge as jobs have been hard to come by and also finances have been scarce. I am married to one wife and together we were blessed with one child whom sadly passed on. On my end, I am a mortocycle taxi rider where I ferry people and goods to different destinations at a fee which I use to provide for my wife and I since she has no job. Receiving the KES 3000 brought a major difference to our lives and really helped. I bought some maize flour for our home at KES 1250 as the food we had previously was already finished. More to that, I spent KES 1750 getting myself some four pairs of new trousers as I had a shortage of clothes to wear even when going to work.

To express the happiness I had after I received these funds is close to impossible. This is because I was feeling stuck at the time. This was the second day without any earnings from my work as a boda-boda driver. For this, I was very worried I would not have the money to take home again. Which will only mean going to bed on an empty stomach. There was a sudden shift in my mood when I saw the message confirming the receipt of the cash. So, my first decision was to use some of the transfer to start poultry farming which would help in boosting my finances. For the remaining amount, I bought some maize flour as at the time we did not have any food in the house.

Before I started receiving these funds, there were days when I would have needs to meet but due to the limitation of funds, I would put on hold some of those needs and only focus on the most important ones. For instance, when I need to buy clothes and food, I will focus on purchasing food instead. Now that I have these funds, I will boost my finances after I start the poultry farming business. This will give me the means to start a saving routine towards purchasing a motorcycle of my own. Where one sells at KES 120000. I hope I will fulfill this in one year. Therefore, there is a great difference in my life now that I am receiving these funds, I am more hopeful and determined that I will meet my goals.

I used to be a father of one, unfortunately, my baby developed some heart problems. It became worse last year and he succumbed. This left my wife and I devastated. Even so, I never gave up. I kept working to provide for her plus improve our lives with the faith that my family will grow. Presently, I work as a boda-boda driver using someone else's motorcycle. From the profit I make in a day, I only get to keep 25% of it, the remaining amount then goes to the fuel money and the owner's share. So, when I received the funds from give directly, my plan was to start poultry farming in order to improve my earnings. To realize this, I need 10 chickens. Since I can't buy all of them at once, I started by purchasing 1 at KES 350 and the rest I will keep buying using my next transfers. I also had run out of food in my household. Thus, the decision to purchase maize flour with the remaining amount.