"For me to find enough money to buy fertilizers is a very difficult thing since I am not working and do not have a stable source of earning money. This in turn affects my maize production"

"If I get to receive this transfer from GD, I intend to use it for purchasing enough fertilizers for the next growing season so that I harvest enough food and I do not have to starve again."

"Lack of money, even after harvest and sell of pigeon peas we don't have enough money to look after the family"

"I mostly struggle to find money to buy food and also my house is small looking at my family and this money is an opportunity for me to build a bigger house"

"It means financial stability. I am the sole breadwinner in my family. I own a powersaw which i use to fall trees and cut timber for my clients.This is un- predictable because somedays i earn a living from it and some days i go without work.On average i earn ksh 400 per day from it.I am not able to save for other things as i spend all of it in food,school levies and fees for my family.I would like to start up a timber business that will cost me ksh 80,000 to purchase 20 trees at 4000 per tree from which i can harvest timber and sell at a profit of ksh 2000 from timber harvested per tree.Education too is what i value for my children and will want to give them good education by paying school fees of ksh 30,000 for my son in secondary school."

"It would mean financial freedom for me. From 2014 until 2019 i owned a small business,unfortunately i closed down for lack of enough re-current capital to sustain the business. I do manual jobs that earn me little money that is only enough to buy food for my children. I plan on re-opening the business of buying and re-selling maize because there is demand for foodstuff in this area. I will start with 20 bags of maize at ksh 60,000 and resell it at a cost of 90,000. This will enable me to earn an average of ksh 15000 per month which is enough to cater for our basic needs(food,clothing and education ) for my children. The other monies i will use to buy one dairy cow of ksh 30,000 and build a cow-shed with the other monies."

"The biggest challenge I have faced in my life is employment. I am a stay at home mum and my husband is not yet fully employed with the government as a teacher and we rely on the little amount he gets as a teacher at Tengecha boys to feed my family."

"Old age. My wife and I stay with our two grandchildren since their parents work far away. We cannot till the land and provide for them because of our age. Getting equipment to be used to help us toll the land is also costly."

"The biggest hardship has been financial constraints. I had 3 cows who died due to diseases. Since then i have not been able to buy others. This cows used to produce a good number of litres which we used to sell it and also for family use."

"The biggest hardship in my family is hunger. Our area is easily affected by drought. The little crops we grow in our farm does not do well. We used to depend on maize as stable food and also for commercial but for the past 5 year it has been a challenge due to drought and diseases."