"As a polygamous man taking care of two wives has not been easy. Never in my life did I ever imagine that one day I will marry two wives but the circumstances left me with no choice. I depend on daily jobs that sometimes give me 3000 KES which is good money but the disadvantaged part of it is that it is not consistent. I would love to start a poultry farm and I believe these transfers will make my wish come true. If my project succeeds, I will be making crazy money because all the egg supplies in the village will come from me and this will give me a piece of mind knowing that I no longer have to worry about family responsibilities."

"Feeding 7 children without a good source of income is not an easy task. Sometimes I struggle with my co-wife to find alternatives part all our efforts go in vain. I would be happy if I can have a constant flow of money to help with the responsibilities but lack of capital to start a business is my challenge."

"The challenge that I currently face is lack of money. I have 7 children in school, paying their fees has been a nightmare since I do not have a stable income. My husband is a pastor and the money he gets sometimes is not enough to provide to meet all the responsibilities in the family. My concern now is to build a small cloakroom to prevent exposing ourselves to diseases like cholera amongst others."

"I have three children in secondary school and two in primary, paying their fees gives me headaches every day because I and my husband do not have a stable income. We both depend on businesses that sometimes do not do quite well. One of them was just sent home recently and I have no idea where I will get money for her fees. My current challenge is mostly lack of finances because without it many things in our lives do not go as planned."

"My husband passed on 2 years ago and left me with 5 children. I have struggled to make ends meet for my children but I am overwhelmed with the responsibilities. Two of my children are in college, the struggle to pay their school fees is too much because I have to burn charcoal every day which is very tiresome and demanding. My dream has always been to make sure my children get the best education even in their fathers' absence and that is why I plan to be taking half of the transfers every month to school and use the other half to buy food in the house. Receiving this money means good education for children."

"I have a small house that cannot accommodate my family of six people. Three of my children seek refuge in my mother's house, this has been pushing me to build a house but all my plans have been failing. Receiving this money means I will save 1000 KES every month to buy iron sheets so that I can build a house that will comfortably accommodate the six of us."

"Food. I am a farmer and the prolonged drought conditions have made my life miserable as I always depend on subsistence farming and the lack of rains means I was left with nothing to harvest."

"Seeing my grandchildren living a life of dignity has been something I have desired for a long time. They are always at home because of the lack of school fees and this makes me feel I am failing as a grandmother. Receiving this money means I will be able to settle all the school fees arrears so that they can get educated. I have done farming in all of my entire life and things have never changed much. I am certain, educating my grandchildren is the only way our family will live with dignity in future."

"Lack of school fees. I have no job and the salary of my husband is little and it cannot cater to all the expenses of the family. We are left with very little to use on school fees for our four children and of late they have been sent home for fees often."

"I struggle to hear people, at times someone is talking to me but I am not getting her well, has to raise the volume for me to get the person and mostly I hear faintly. I also have a lot of difficulties in walking and I need someone to accompany me when I want to visit any family member."