"Receiving this money means I will be able to cater for my family's daily upkeep without having to rely much on my husband so that he can concentrate on more pressing needs such as school fees. I will purchase indigenous dairy cows whose milk I will sell in order to earn some income to buy food and water. I will also buy iron sheets for our house to replace the old ones that leak so much during rainy seasons. "

"In the next six months, I would want to buy household items such as sofa sets, television, and water tank. These are the house items I feel I lack in my house. If I do this, I will be at peace because I will have accomplished my desires."

"My additional goal in the next four months is to buy more plastering materials and plaster my house since I am staying in a very dusty house where I am not comfortable to stay in. I have also been longing to staying in house that you use water while cleaning it but not broomstick a lone."

"Now that it is a rainy season, my children and I have not had a comfortable sleep in a long time due to a leaking roof. With no money to purchase a bed and good sleeping materials, we have had to brace the cold nights in which we some times wake up to a pool of water inside the house. My big worry has always been the fear of contracting diseases predisposed by such extremes. "

"I expect to buy bedding i.e bed, mattress and bedsheets and a few household items like utensils and water storage tanks that I will use when I join college later this year. I also wish to pay rent with the amount of money I have been saving in my bank account when I finally join college."

"Receiving this money will enable me build an iron roofed house since the one i currently live in is in a bad condition since water leaks in whenever it rains. I also plan to buy one dairy cow which will act as my source of income upon selling milk."

"My husband works as a casual labourer at a textile factory in Mombasa but the earnings he gets are not enough to meet all our needs such as food, school fees etc. Water scarcity and low rainfall in the area has rendered as more hopeless as food prices have now risen and we also have to pay more to access water for drinking and other household needs."

"The biggest difference in my daily life is having a bicycle that now helps me with transporting heavy items, especially fetching water from a far place."

"My life has improved because through this cash transfer, I was able to repossess my farm land. I hope to use it in the next season. Secondly, I bought a bicycle which has eased my work like collecting water and food crops from the farm. Previously, I could farm on a small scale and more so I often suffered from chest pain because of carrying heavy things."

"My happiest moments is in the evening hours. I struggle the whole day trying to search for how to survive through casual labouring. The only available time is evening hours as I fatch water from the bore-hole , I chat and share development ideas with friends."