"Receiving this money mean an improved business that we are running. We have always been desiring to increase our business but due to lack of finances, we have been unable to do so. We are running a retail shop and a small hotel in the nearby centre and we are planning to improve it more by adding stock and thus increasing the size of our customers."

"Lack of stable income has been our biggest hardship. Since subsistence farming has been our source of income, unfavorable weather conditions have affected the output. Recently due to prolonged drought, we harvest two sacks of maize in a 4-acre piece of land. With this I am supposed to pay school fees and also to buy medicine for my sick children."

"My main source of income is the profit I get from trading livestock. This business has been doing well but due to a lot of expenses I have, it has not been enough to cater all. I have one child at the secondary level and two at the primary level. Annually, I am supposed to pay 90,000 shillings as school fees and other school necessities. Since education is the key to success I have been aspiring to provide for them the best education. Receiving this money will assist me to clean the arrears and also the use the remaining boost my business."

"As a parent, I want the best for my children so as in the future they can have a better life than mine. Nowadays, when a child get good education he can secure a better future by securing best jobs. I have one at the secondary level and two others at the primary level. Yearly, I am supposed to raise 100,000 shillings for the school fees and other necessary items required in school like books and personal items for boarding ones. The only source of our income is poultry farming and subsistence farming but due to prolong drought and diseases it has not been doing well. In the past, we use to harvest around 15 sacks of maize in a 1-acre piece of land but now it realize 4 sacks only and this can only be consumed at home. Receiving this money will assist to pay schools for my children on time. This will give them humble time to concentrate in their studies unlike before mostly they were at home due to arrears."

"Food security has been my biggest hardship. Getting food has been a challenge because I have to purchase food to feed the family. The little I harvest from my farm can only last for 4 months. This is on a good season. Sometimes I hardly get food from my farm. Lack of rains and sometimes floods leaves me with nothing to feed my children. I am forced to do casual jobs; which are rare to find ,in order to get money to buy food. Lack of water for domestic use worsens the situation. We go looking for water in very far places. Life is really tough."

"it means that I have found a means for things that I lacked"

"The biggest hardship is a proper house to live,feeding my family and buying basic needs"

"So far finding means to buy basic needs like food,clothes."

"The biggest hardship is that my house got destroyed a year ago as you can see I'm currently living in a kitchen but with this money I'm about to receive i feel like everything will be fine."

"I have been lacking money to buy food"