@Ali Baba, Sorry for that first day nasty encounter. It seems you did not have what we call here " pre-arrival security briefing".You may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. In them locals here, anything can happen any time so it is best to keep off.

As @Mukiri says, quality of life is very low. Always have an exit plan and never plan to be here long term. The situation can only get worse rather than better. With an influx of returnees, high rates of unemployment, inflation rates very high, it is only likely that xenophobia will rise.

@Apple Bees says, avoid coming here on your own. Life can be tough if you arrive without some support either from employer or someone to host you. Let no one cheat that there is easy money here. Those days are long gone.

For those with guts, the returns are good to be honest. However always avoid dealing with locals. Target the corporates, INGOs and UN who have money to spend.

TINKER:>>You don't go to eat in such expensive joints in Konyo Konyo.Go to customs,then seek Alba lodging run by Wa Kim---and they will show you where to eat on the cheap~~~~like 2 SSP for a plate of chapati,beans or githeri---this place is near customs.But go early for dinner....I went around 7pm and its so full with Kenyans,mpaka its hard to make an order.And there will be no seats...

After Uni i took a sabatical for two years to travel so i went to Kenya and eventually found myself in UG courtesy of my former room-mate. We embarked on a timber selling business from Kampala to Juba (by road) what started as a small-time business ended up growing and employing 6 other guys and i relocated to Rumbek for 4 months (staying at the UN camp) courtesy of some engineer pals of mine from Wilson airport. We made cash lots of it, disagreements came about, UG tightened it's laws on timber selling.

However then i still got the feeling this was a lawless jungle (not as bad as it's portrayed now) there were very few kenyan "hustlers" most were UN accredited personel. However i rem the superlicious Eritrean chicks with $100 price tags to "marry" them and these was the weekend highlights esp if new pilots had come to camp with some hard liquer from Kenya. Maybe we were lucky but just like anything pays to be ahead of the curve!!

Whats the ratio of deaths vis a vis the total number of Kenyans and also the total number of similar deaths for the whole population? My guess is that this will be almost similar to the abnormal normalities that we see in SS. Where every solider with a gun drinks..what do you expect?