"I spent my first transfer on buying a cow for keeping,food and some households that I was mostly lacking in my house."

"I spent my second transfer on plastering and expanding my house because it was in a bad condition and alsmost falling.I also built a toilet and a cow"

"I spent my second transfer to construct a new and bigger three roomed house that can comfortably contain my family and I and I also bought a cow that will give me milk to sell and consume."

"I spent my second transfer on purchasing food to sustain the family,a calf to keep,paid school fees for the children and spent most of the money on purchasing cows that I paid as dowry which is required as per the tradition."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is that I am hopeful of a better future because of the things that I bought like the cows that I will definately sell the milk to get income."

"My second transfer has really relieved my life a lot.I never had a kitchen before, I was using the same 2-room-house for cooking, dinning and sleeping and this could inconvenience our lives a lot due to chocking smoke circulating all over the house. I spent the rest of the transfer on 2 cows that I anticipate to facilitate education of my children in the future."

"When I received my second transfer, I spent around 30000 KES on livestock-a cow and 2 sheep. I have been dreaming to be a livestock farmer and therefore I considered this as a break through to my long-term dream. Besides, I spent the rest on food since we never had something for us to eat."

"I spent my second transfer on paying back a 10,000 KES debt i had, bought a cow that will soon be providing me with milk, steel windows and door for my house(to enhance fresh air circulation and the security of the house) and spent the rest of the money on food."

"We spent part of the second transfer to buy three cows that was used to pay my bride price since this had not been done for quite a long time, we then spent some money to buy three bags of maize that we will use for food, bought new clothes for the family and some was spent on medical expenses."

"I spent my second transfer to buy a cow that will give me milk to sell and consume, I spent part of it to pay school fees for my three children in secondary school so as not to have them sent back home for fees and the remaining amount was spent to buy two sheep to keep in my compound."