"The money means a lot to me. I have a house with grass roofing, i have been desiring to buy iron sheets and i am glad that i will be able to buy with the cash transfer. I also plan to renovate the house which is at my wife's village. Part of the money will be used as capital for my business and part of it will be used to buy food."

"I am really grateful for this program. I have been desiring to have a good house. Now i will mould bricks, buy iron sheeets and build a nice house. I have also been desiring to have a better sleeping place. This is my chance to buy new beddings and mattress inclusive so that i can sleep comfortably. The money will also aid me to buy a radio, a bicycle and enough food for my household."

"I am fortunate enough to have a piece of land that extends to the main road that is quite busy. I have always had a plan to start a business premise besides the road but I have not been able to realize this due to lack of capital. My dream of owning a shop there has been awakened after realizing that I could be a potential recipient. As a result, I intend to use approximately 80,000 shillings to construct and stock the shop. I project that I could be receiving a return of 400 shillings daily as profits from the sales in the shop."

"This money means that I will be able to renovate my house. It leaks and we have to change the grass often. I will use the money to buy iron sheets and other building materials. I will also buy fertilizer to use in the next farming season."

"My current house is tiny and grass thatched. Maintenance has been a big problem since I am forced to replace the roof every four months because some insects eat up the grass. I plan on building a one bedroom house with an iron sheet roof at a cost of 300 USD. I have also budgeted 250 USD for buying six goats. Goats multiply very fast and this will help me pay school fees for my children in years to come."

"Receiving this money means finishing my house that has remained unfinished for 3 years now due to financial instability. I plan to spend $400 on my first transfer to ensure the house is complete. This will provide me the opportunity of living in a decent house. On the other hand, I intend to invest in livestock and I plan to spend $400 on the second transfer to buy 3 indigenous dairy cows. This will provide me with milk for sell in order to get income and also for household consumption. Hence, a transformed life."

"Financial instability is the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life. Ever since my husband died, I assumed the role of being a breadwinner for the family. The main source of income that I always depend on is charcoal burning, a job that is time-consuming and low paying. And considering my health condition, sometimes I experience chest pains something that worries me most."

"Well, my life is very different now with this transfer. Before i received the cash, my children had no good beddings but now they have them. I used also to walk long distances on foot but with the bicycle I have bought, I travel with no difficulties."

"The biggest hardship is poverty and this includes hunger,living in a poor condition house as you can see i live in a glass fatched house with cracks,wearing shabby clothes and having no beddings,life is so hard for me especially that I'm a widow i do everything sorely having to wake up early just to search for casual labour its a real struggle considering my age."

"Hunger is the biggest hardship we constantly face,regardless of being farmers,because of poverty we fail to source money for proper farm inputs like fertiliser and this result in poor harvest that doesn't even take us half a year so we suffer with hunger yearly."