It costs you soo much cause unaenda kenya spending money like youre running for bunge...If you spend 500k in 3weeks it means you spend 500000/20...which works out to roughly 20k per day...Mimi ni wale wanapenda johnny walker ile ya brack rebo kwanza...hata niki blow pesa aje I dont get to hiyo level yako. i still hang out with friends who i buy drinks for, collect a harem of yelo yelos who are impressed by the ka accent I can throw in as neccessary (you na am sayin'..lol). spend nights in hotels in nai regurlaly....(acha maneno za sijui hilton ama ma best western..Mvuli suites on kipande road is just as good as holiday Inn here. 8k on hotels.com, you book it on your phone while youre in the taxi with your ka yellow)

Bottom line ni ukienda kenya kama tourist, lazima ujue ku plan ndio fun isi haribu mfuko...On the other hand a local chap doesnt have as much expenses as you. he doesnt need a hotel, his ka yello yelo is cheap cause ana jua bado next month ata msort tena, all frinds are in the same place in life so una nunua round leo, kesho una nunuliwa etc..

most are basing their points on formally employed people,
guys in gikomba who deal at the bale level make between 100-200k per month, the same at marikiti, na akina kongowea.
On average a matatu driver on the decent route makes more than 2k per day, we have not even included the middle level / green house farmers, add to that the middle level biashara owners e.g small pubs, those who own a couple of matatus.

a good number of the houses you see doting rongai and the likes of ruai are mostly owned by such, they make decent cash 100k + per month and they are living decent lives.

I have known your weakness, sijui unatoboaje majuu bila chips fungas za kenya?

I said relatively cheap. People travel from neighbouring countries to buy laptops and phones in Nairobi.
In fact a number of organizations are no longer buying computers from Europe because the prices are quite fair in Nairobi.
Hio mambo ya tablet sijui. As someone pointed out there is a great business opportunity if the price difference is 20K though you have to factor in freight and related costs.

Unbelievable...

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https://youtu.be/9zZxBNRTkd4

where have you heard of poor kids die in Kenya from hunger, I never see the kids in slums die from hunger.
lets take the most extreme form of poverty, whats the difference between a homeless person in Kenya and the states, since I have never been to the states, I would assume you go through similar challenges.

Then you have never volunteered, or just glance at slums from your lavingtoned googles. Developed countries have welfare, volunteer food spots and shelters, to take care of abject poverty. Organ harvesters and child kidnappers vulture on the poor here.

sad that a wazuan has been whitewashed

@ Kaka2za, so true. It's more safer in many war zones than in Nairobi. Not only within the region but in many other places as well. I doubt I can sleep with the door open in Nairobi but I gladly do so out here.