"My biggest hardship is financial constraints. I used to work as a night guard earning Ksh 7000 per month which was not enough to cater to my family's needs. I decided to leave the job and go back to farming. The biggest challenge is the lack of finances to purchase farm equipment. Using hand made equipment takes time and so tiring."

"To be honest i feel blessed for getting census,all my life i have never received this amount of money but I'm truly grateful because it will solve most of my problems."

"The biggest hardship I have faced in my life has been lack of money to cater for my siblings school fees. My mother sells palm wine, a business that can not sustain our family. Seeing my siblings out of school due to lack of school fees breaks my heart."

"I want to buy a dairy cow. I have one but it cannot produce enough milk to feed my family. I expect to cost around 700 dollars. This cow will help me get enough milk for home use and even sell the extra to pay school fees for my children. I also beed to complete my new how. I have to put Windows and ceiling."

"I spent $140 to clear the fees arrears. I am in secondary school and I have been constantly sending home due to the huge fee balance. In addition, I used $200 to construct a modern house for my mum. This is because the house that we had is very small to fully accommodate her and her 2 co-wives. Also, I bought 2 pairs of school uniforms for myself. The remaining amount helped me in seeking medical care for my father and purchased one goat."

"I have peptic ulcers that recur often. It is so painful that I cannot go to work sometimes. This has affected my family's income since I have to rest for a while without working. Treating it is also costly."

"I am a housewife and I depend on my husband who is a casual laborer at Mombasa. His weekly income is usually $40 but considering our household needs, this earning is never enough to sustain us. Sometimes my children are sent out of school due to lack of fees, also we have been skipping some meals. This kind of life has been so stressful to me since it pains me to see my children at home or missing food. Therefore, financial instability has ever been the biggest hardship that I have ever faced in my life."

"Low income. My wife and I are old. We have children but they have married and as per our custom, we had to to pay dowry for our three sons. This set us back and with this money I will buy a cow to help us get milk for sale and to be used at home."

"After being married in 1969, my husband lost his casual job in Mombasa. So, he had to come back home. To fend for our basic wants, he resorted to make and sell charcoal. I used to accompany him to the unsecured forests, looking for woods. Sometimes we could spend days and nights in the cold, to look for enough woods. This made me not to have a close look after my children and I partially lost motherly attachment to them. Being taken care of by my mother-in-law, my daughters missed out the necessary parental guidance and ended up getting into early marriages. Today, they struggle to sustain themselves, and due to their illiteracy levels, the early-marriage problem has also trickled down to my grand-children. So, missing the opportunity to guide my children has been the biggest problem I have ever faced in my life."

"I am married to a polygamous husband. I am the second wife. My husband does not have a formal job neither does he have a business that generates a continuous flow of income. I am blessed with 7 children, 3 whom had to get into early marriages due to my inability to take them to secondary school level. The 4 remaining children I am with, 2 have managed to join the secondary school level having been offered a helping hand by their uncle. So, receiving this money, means a continuity in education to my children who are frequently sent out of school for fees. I will be able to pay for them at least to enable them realize their academic goals."