"Have you seen my house the way it looks , is just ike a ducks house and i am ashamed of it so this money will help me to finish up and beautify my house we have been trying but we couldn't because of not having enough money."

"Being an old woman, I believe the money will help me in my old by making sure that I have bought enough food since I cannot work as before. I will also make sure I buy enough fertilizers for the next growing season."

"We're small-scale farmers depending heavily on farm produce. Currently, we use handmade equipment to irrigate our crops which is hectic and time-consuming. With this money, I plan to purchase a water pump that will make my farming more efficient and improve my farming. This water pump will cost me Ksh 30,00. The remaining amount I plan to purchase is a dairy cow, since the cow I had, died of sickness a year ago, therefore I have been purchasing milk costing me Ksh 1050 per month. Receiving means a better livelihood for my family. This will cost me 40,000."

"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."

"In my opinion, GiveDirectly did well in coming up with the cash transfer program which has upgraded the living standard of many households in my village. I am very grateful for the aid. I do not see anything that it does not do well."

"It mean a lot to me. I have a young family and the house that I am living in is too small for us. I intend to build a house for an approximate amount of 40,000 shillings in order to accommodate my growing family. I plan to buy a cow and 3 sheep for 32,500 shillings and use 20,000 shillings to start a business for buying and selling goats."

"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."