"The place we live in is mostly flooded when it rains , so when I received this last transfer I spent it in building a much more raised house and a bigger one because the one I lived in before was small. I then bought a bed and mattress since the last one was worn out and I used to fall from the bed and the mattress too was small."

"I spent my second transfer on buying a fishing boat at 37,000 KES for my husband to stop working on other people's boats. I also bought a bed and mattress at 8,000 KES so I no longer sleep on the ground then used the rest of the cash on other little home errands like clothes box, clothes for my children, school fee and a bag of maize."

"I spent my first transfer on building a kitchen. I had small grass thatch kitchen and being that my children sleeps in the kitchen I felt it's prudent to build them a decent kitchen. I used part of the money to buy both my mattress and my children's too because the one we had were alredy depleted. During that time my children were at home for fee break so I paid their school fee with part of the money and used some of the money to buy maize for consumption."

"I spent my second transfer on buying a water tank for harvesting rain water because we have water shortage in our area. I bought building materials which I used in renovating my house because it had started wearing out I bought bedding for my children because their mattress was already old and used the rest of the money on buying food."

"I spent my first transfer on purchasing a mattress , bought food for the family consumption and used most of the amount on purchasing iron sheets with an intention of establishing my homestead ."

"The biggest hardship i face in life is sickness.My first born is always attacked by pneumonia and i use alot of money on treatment. This is making fail to buy even household items like mattress, bed for my family."

"I spent my first transfer on purchase and installation of solar panel( 11,000 KES) for the purpose of charging and for lighting, and in fact it has saved me the high cost of kerosene. I also bought a bed and a mattress (12,000 KES) because we had old and bad ones. In addition, I bought a bag of dry corn (4,000 KES) to feed my family since our last harvest was poor. The balance I spent on bags of cement in readiness for plastering our house"

"Receiving this money means i will use to build permanent house. This will cut the costs involved in repairing the grassthatched roof.My family will be able to save some money for feeding and buying households items like a mattress, bed sheets."

"I used a portion of the transfer to purchase corns for family consumption. Build a new kitchen using secondhand iron sheets. Paid my son in baby class fee. Gave my spouse 500 KES to buy some drugs. I also purchased my children a mattress."

"I spent my first transfer on house construction materials namely iron sheets , nails, poles(24,000 KES), bed and mattress (10,000 KES), 2 goats and a bag of corn for family consumption (8,500 KES)"