"I am convinced that education will improve my children's lives and help them escape the poverty I am currently experiencing. I struggle to provide for all of my five children's educational needs because of low paying job as a motorcycle taxi, or "bodaboda." My new objective for the coming months is to use the funds from my subsequent transfers to pay my kids' tuition. They won't be expelled for having unpaid school fees as a result, allowing them to concentrate on their education."

"This year, my four-year-old daughter Nuru will begin school. She is my firstborn, and I want to give her everything. I'm a single mom who currently resides with my mother. My source of income is tailoring, but because of the chest issues I have, I am unable to work at it throughout the day, and as a result, I do not earn much money from it. I plan to start raising chickens and goats in order to supplement our household income and pay for school fees. They are quick to breed, can survive the drought we are experiencing, and are simple to manage.In the future, I intend to sell some of them to generate cash for our expenses"

"My first priority has always been figuring out how to build a new, better house. The existing one is in poor shape; more of the wall and the roof have collapsed. My spouse and I are both elderly, therefore we were unable to accomplish anything to raise money for a new room's construction. When we call the children who have moved to the town for the purpose of financial support, they always say they have no income. We therefore relied on burning charcoal for sale, but as we get older, we can no longer handle the demanding task. I told my wife to cease burning charcoal the moment we started getting the transfers, and we now only enjoy the monthly stipend. Since then, we have been utilizing part of the money to buy food and part to buy building supplies. We have so far raised ten iron sheet pieces, but we still need eighteen more to raise the necessary number. As long as we get all the monthly transfers, we aim to have a dream house by the end of the year"

"With the second transfers, I used ksh 35000 to pay school fees arrears for my four children in highschool who have been on and off for the whole term but I got to finally clear the debt for all of them and given that they are almost done with school, It really means so much to me to see them settle in school like other students as they finish off. I also bought one more cow with the rest of the transfers to add to the three that I usually have, so that I can increase the supply of milk as I plan for my next business venture."

"With the second batch of my transfers, I used ksh 28000 to buy two young bulls that I am planning to rear for about one year and sale them so that I can invest the money in farming. When I received my first transfers, I build my family a permanent house since we were all living in a small structure that was not secure at all and not spacious enough for all of us, so this time with the second transfer, we bought a few things for the house like chairs, utensils and we are completely comfortable now. I also made sure that I bought enough food and clothes that will last my family for a while as we figure out our next source of income since the transfers have come to an end."

"Now that I have cleared the debt I had, and I have maize in the farm already, It is a good opportunity for me to start planning on putting the piece of land into good use in this coming year. If we will be lucky enough to get enough rains, I will plant maize and beans at least twice next year. Hoping that this will go well, I will renovate our house and expand it as well to make it more homely and big enough for my entire family."

"Since my son in college will be done with school in one year, I will have a chance to invest the money from my milk business to start rearing chicken, this will be a good investment since the amount of money required to start is not as much as most businesses. With as little as ksh 10000, I will comfortably start off and my son will be helping me out until I stabilize."

"I used the second transfers to buy two cows that are expectant right now, so by next year, we will be in a position to start supplying milk as a business. I also bought clothes and shoes for the entire family especially school uniform since my kids were wearing worn out clothes on a daily basis."