"I am planning to use my transfer to purchase a fishing boat so as to be able to generate more income and to be self employed, purchase household furniture such as chairs, pay my son's high school fee. I will use the remaining amount to expand my house because it's small."

"Our proudest achievement is that we have struggled to feed our children by doing fishing and farming."

"I am planning to build a boat for fishing and clear school fees balances."

"I used Kshs. 8000 to pay school fees while Kshs. 2000 I used to expand my fishing business"

"I bought a solar and a wet cell at 12,000 KES, a cow at 15,000 KES and two sacks of maize at 6,000 KES. I invested in fishing nets at a cost of 10,000 KES. I saved the rest of the money for building a house."

"The biggest hardship we face in life is that we lack a reliable source of income as we only depend on small scale farming and fishing and we have many children who we need to educate. "

"I am not living in a good house and therefore I will construct a house and invest some part of this my upcoming lumpsum payment in fishing."

"I bought a sheep at 2,800 KES , constructed a pit latrine at 3,00 KES and bought fishing nets at 3,000 KES."

"I plan to spend my upcoming lump sum payment on fencing my compound and starting a tree nursery.If there is a balance I will buy additional fishing nets"

"The happiest part of my day is when I go out in the evening to do fishing on Lake Victoria. This makes me happy as I am able to get cash that I can use to support my family. "