r/Kenya
Why though?
Landlords ndio hawaeki effort kudecorate manyumba zao smh..anyway Niko kadi
u/indefinitelykev — 16 hours ago
▲ 33 r/Kenya
Happiness
Today my sister in Love ,my brothers wife was going home to celebrate her father's birthday. An event we have been planning for a few days. It was meant to be a suprise and a suprise we pulled.The smile on that man's face was worth every single effort.
We arrived in style,with his grandchildren leading the way. They presented him witha bouquet of money. Yes we kept the CBK guidelines. In the village where I am currently, this is still new and his friends could not stop talking about it. Yes his friends were there , attention to detail is our middle name.
Oh I love love,happiness and family in its different forms. We have ate and drank. We have danced and my heart is full.
To loving people when they can feel the love. To showing up when it matters. To saying I love you when our loved ones can still say it back.
To family 🥂🥂To Love🥂🥂
Signed Hopeless Romantic
u/Several-Librarian817 — 13 hours ago
Bonus Grandma
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My mother has so many rules for life,the most important being show up for those you love. For most people it is a requirement for her it is a rule. She has taught us by example how to show up and what to do when you cannot physically be there.
I am who I am because I come from abundance of love and grace. Today I write about one of her friends who became family and has been there for most of our major milestones. Her parents then became our bonus grandparents. Her dad,a man who lived close to ten years without teeth rested last year. That man loved and cherished us as a family. We used to take him to his medical appointments or to visit his people. Every time he needed to go somewhere, however was available would drive him there.
On the day before he rested he was in so much pain,but he didn't complain once. I always admired his tenacity and love for his people,that man lived.
The last few months I have been away from home and as soon as I got here I went straight to see his wife. An amazing Grandma and great grandma. A woman full of life who comes from the generation of absolute kindness. She was so happy to see me and kept asking if we needed anything. Oh to be home,to be loved and to be seen.
She has the most hilarious nicknames and they get funnier Everytime I see her.
She still speaks so highly of her late husband. I as a hopeless romantic,I hope to love someone and be loved that much. So much that forever wouldn't be enough.
Love is beautiful people.
u/Several-Librarian817 — 1 day ago
▲ 19 r/Kenya
How are you doing it?
How are you guys doing out there, currently mimi niko down barely hanging on, hoping the road gets brighter, lakini vitu zikiendelea hivi I'm not sure hope can keep me going.
u/Training_Ad3303 — 13 hours ago
▲ 7 r/Kenya
Mbavu
Kwani kulienda aje tena
anyways the commentator was top notch
u/CyanXtra — 7 hours ago
▲ 31 r/Kenya
Hapa Hesabu Imenishinda
From 108 to 94 shillings and the price tag is 86 shillings for 400g lyons tomato sauce. Wacha niende nismoke nirudi.
u/Serious_Breadfruit81 — 20 hours ago
▲ 2 r/Kenya
lenovo thinkpad 115isk
wadau, am at a fix. willing to lsten to any offer. i am doing a masters in computer science and i need 10k urgently to covber my tuition otherwise i miss this semester's exam.. it is a used machine, i3 1TB SSD with 4 GB RAM. i live in Nakuru. please help
u/Slight_Calendar_3145 — 3 hours ago
▲ 9 r/Kenya
The cowardice of witeithie’s night crawlers!
Kenyans shouldn’t be surprised that a low life managed to break into an apartment in Witeithie when security is laughable flimsy padlocks & a gate attendant who sleeps through his shift. A culture of soft targets & tafadhali mentality emboldens criminals to enter homes while residents remain unaware.
This isn’t just about one intruder, it reflects a society that watches neighbors get robbed while hoping it won’t happen to them. If you don’t actively protect your home, you’re inviting these thieves to take what you’ve worked for. Stop complaining about haki yetu when basic precautions are ignored either identify the culprit or accept the risks of the insecurity you tolerate.
u/DirectorSea9571 — 10 hours ago
▲ 19 r/Kenya
Thieves in the aisles and the cost of your naivety!
Wake up & stop being so trusting. Your customers aren’t always there with good intentions, some are simply looking for an opportunity while you remain focused on being helpful. In this case, 2 individuals one dressed in all white & another appearing harmless took advantage of the moment. While attention was elsewhere, they moved deliberately & managed to take more than just an item, they walked away with a phone & a source of livelihood. If a shop is run purely on trust & assumption, it becomes vulnerable to those who exploit it.
It’s important to stay alert & intentional. Distraction & assumptions about appearance can create openings for theft. What may seem like respect or courtesy can be used against you if awareness is lowered. Every customer interaction should be handled with both service & caution in mind. Strengthening awareness & security measures is key, because in a competitive environment, being too relaxed can come at a heavy cost.
u/DirectorSea9571 — 16 hours ago
▲ 30 r/Kenya
Disappear and rebuild did you survive
Every Nairobi man has a phase where he wants to “disappear and rebuild.” He will not disappear. He will post cryptic quotes and go to the same dark place. If lucky, he survives the pits. Often, he is swallowed up by the abyss. Reborn, perhaps.
u/Grand-Airline2939 — 21 hours ago
▲ 26 r/Kenya
First Aid
Am I the only person who notices the significant gap in Kenyans as a society that we barely have first aid? I like to view it as my personal responsibility to take care of those around me in case of a medical emergency or accident. I would blame myself if someone died in my presence due something manageable with first aid.
I see people go for road trips or hikes yet no one is a trained first aider and I fear for them. In as far as no one wants misfortunes, we should always be prepared to safeguard life.
Take this as a sign to go for that training today and if you are a parent, instill this knowledge into your children too. Life is too precious. It must be safeguarded at all costs.
May we gain the first aid skills but never need to use them. Wishing everyone healthy lives. Stay safe brethren.
u/itspseudo — 22 hours ago
▲ 11 r/Kenya
I built a tool to track how much i spend via mpesa and i am shocked!
It's really hard to bee financially disciplined in this age of mobile money,i mean back in the day we carried cash and the mere act of removing cash physically and paying for stuff made us kinda more disciplined in finances. Recently i have found myself always broke and not knowing where my money went, budgeting became harder and i have become a victim of impulse buying and 0 financial accountability. Being a solo indie app developer suffering from insomnia. I set out to build an app that can help me track how and what i spend on,and a 2 months ago i built shmoney, an app that listens to your mpesa transactions and helps you categorize your spending,it gives you actionable insights and like spending comparisons across months,transaction fees etc. It even allows you to track budgets and alerts you when you exceed them. On top of that the app has an AI feature that uses your aggregated costs,categories etc as context that you can chat with. its an app i am hoping will work for any kenyan that wants to take control of their spending. I hope the mods wont take this down,i dont mean to spam or unnecesarily self promote,i genuinely think this app can help people.If interested please download it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shmoney.app
u/fireking09 — 15 hours ago
▲ 15 r/Kenya
Kenyan “Widowhood lottery” vs. funeral of the Boy Child!
The 5.4% unemployment rate is a statistical lie spat in the faces of millions of hungry Kenyans. It’s a sanitized number designed to hide the rot. That figure conveniently ignores the graduate hawking sweets in traffic, the youth who has given up on the portal entirety & the father breaking his back for casual labor that can’t even buy a week’s worth of unga. You aren’t employed just because you didn’t starve to death yesterday, you’re surviving a systemic collapse. While the government hides behind these fake percentages, the reality is a brutal landscape of underemployment & crushed dreams where opportunity is a ghost story told to the poor.
Look at the ICT Authority Board. Was there an advert? Was there a shortlist? No. Naiyanoi Ntutu was handed a seat because grief in the Kenyan elite circles is apparently a CV. This is the savage truth in this country, some people’s tears are worth more than your Master’s degree. From Hanna Cheptumo to Ida Odinga, the government has turned state appointments into a cushioning fund for widows of the powerful. They don’t care about ICT growth or Gender Ministry expertise, they care about institutionalizing nepotism under the guise of sympathy. They create seats that didn’t exist while you’re told the wage bill is too high to hire more teachers or doctors.
The hypocrisy is a knife in the back of the Kenyan Man. When a high ranking Woman dies, like Joyce Laboso, the system doesn’t rush to cushion her husband they let the cartels & in-laws descend on him like vultures to strip him of his dignity & property. A man is told to Man up & stop seeking sympathy before the soil on his Wife’s grave is even dry. We are living in a twisted reality where Winnie gets a PS slot while the average junior on the street is developing sanpaku eyes from sheer stress & lack of sleep. The boy child is a ghost in his own country, ignored by a government that only opens its doors for the Daughters of Mumbi while the rest of us are told to hustle in a rigged game.
u/DirectorSea9571 — 19 hours ago
▲ 6 r/Kenya
Would You Call The Police On Your Nephew?
Those of us who are not aliens, and have been raised by African parents definitely recall their childhoods like the back of their hands, mine, oh mine was a movie.
We had just harvested maize, and dad was a large scale farmer, which was the reason cousins flocked our home during Christ's month.
A rest would have been appreciated but that scholar took seriously that phrase, "rest is for the dead," and paid for our December holiday tuition.
One day as we arrived home from tuition, we noticed a commotion, very unfamiliar to the norm. We always met people parking maize, or playing or chatting.
Mom was looking so pissed, she didn't even greet us. The scholar was the lawyer, asking our cousin questions Infront of everyone.
"Hii suruali ya ndani ni ya nani?" We heard him shouting as he checks our cousin's bag.
They found almost 15 women pants in his bag, but how he responded seemed like he didn't know who put it there.
"Nani amezieka hapo na bag ni yako?" Dad asked.
"Labda ni hao wasichana huko shule wenye hawanitakii." He responded.
Everyone there was in stitches.
"Victor, sema tu ukweli alafu hatutaenda shule." Dad threw a few maize pieces to the chicken.
"Nilikua nimenunulia msichana wangu." How dump of him.
Had to sit down, because my ribs could not take more punches.
"15! Huezi nunua mbili ama tatu?" The scholar asked.
"Nampenda." Victor replied.
"Na pesa ulitoa wapi?" Dad was curious.
"Nilifanya kazi ya shamba." He said with shoulders high.
"Na gunia yangu mbili ya mahindi Iko wapi?" Dad asked.
"Sijaiona, labda hujahesabu vizuri." He claimed.
Dad just left the room, but the moment he stepped out we heard a unique voice.
"Wapi mahindi uliiba kijana?"
Victor didn't even hesitate, he just took off.
"Simama Victor, askari anataka tu kuongea na wewe." Dad requested him.
Askari was already engaging the top gear in his footsubishi, kusimama was a death wish.
We realized later that mom was not the one to give speeches, she had joined the actions team.
Would you call the police on your nephew?
u/Infinite_Escape3167 — 11 hours ago
▲ 9 r/Kenya
Gig 🫡
Atlas actually pays , inbox for a sure direct referral link, started 2 months ago
u/Stand-Slight — 15 hours ago
Week