Welcome!

Yesterday I bumped into this lady I knew from Campus. She was the one who saw me, she said hi and then proceeded to ask me for 'tea' now that we have met after a long time. I said I am broke...I was going to the gym and was was about to get into an elevator, I felt ambushed. She then started ranting , ooh I am stingy, a man can't be broke, nowadays we use phones/mpesa blabla. She is in her mid 30s and looked battered by life.Hata kama I think this level of entitlement is wrong and it's crazy!

So yesterday there was a massive jam in Nairobi a, all ways into town, particularly Thika road. Imagine a country where the president stops productivity of thousands of Kenyans so that visiting presidents can see a smooth Nairobi. Do we have a country here? I was so pissed off btw. Presidential PR is something that African countries need to address very seriously.

Who's ever been drugged in a club, matatu etc.. What's your story?

Has anybody watched Baby Reindeer? What are your thoughts on it?

Where in Nairobi can I find a place to restore this shoe, someone who can make this look as new.

I'll be in Nairobi for 1.5 days in July, and wanted to do a local safari with the time I have. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations? Ideally a company that could pick me up at my hotel? I'd also like to use a Jeep. Thanks in advance!

I have money in my bank account that I would like to wire to a USA bank account. What would be the cheapest way to do this? The bank charges a 1500 ksh per swift transfer. Moreover are there any annual limits on sending money overseas?

Can you please explain or help us understand why we don’t support each other out here? I am guilty of it too. Been here and worked hard. Helping and volunteering is not easy. However, we seem to be so dissociative. Where do we find love and community out here??

Can I reschedule a biometrics appointment for passport application 😩

Hello Kenyans! I was debating on vacationing in Tanzania vs Kenya. And I ultimately decided Kenya since I only speak English and Kenya seems a bit easier to navigate.

I plan to do a safari, explore Nairobi (what are some safe areas? Westlands?), and relax/explore Mombasa and the coastal regions. The trip will be about 1 month.

I’m 25F and I’ll be travelling alone except during the safari obviously. My ethnicity is Somali but I’ve never been to Africa in my life. I read that pickpocketing is common. I know not to go exploring after dark. I will try to be super aware of my stuff so that it’s not stolen. But other than that, do you think Kenya is safe for a solo traveller? I really love wildlife, city life and beaches, but I don’t want to risk my safety. I do not know any locals to show me around, so I’ll have to figure that stuff out when I get there. I plan to use Uber in the cities. And trains between cities.

So yesterday I met with my fellow maasai friends. It's been a few months since we met, so they decided we go to a near pub and have some alcohol as we talk a few things. I agreed and we went, but told them we only take some shots then we part ways. The guys started drinking heavily na wakaniambia since me sikunywi sana nijitolee tu once they are done niwapeleke kwa hao. Me nilikubali nikakaa hapo kuwangoja. Drinking continued till 11 pm and the got heavily drink because walianza kuwa na unnecessary altercations with other ravellers in the pub. I told the other guys ni ulevi and they shouldn't mind them coz sikutaka the situation ikuwe escalated. After that me nikawaambia, since I have a class early morning we should leave niwapeleke kwa hao coz the alcohol level they'd reached imewatosha. Walikubali tukatoka, tukiwa hapo nje wakaanza kusumbua oooh tunataka kununua "dawa". Me nikakubali tu kutembea na wao coz guys were too drunk. Tukaenda base ingine hapo, I guess where they usually smoke. They bought their "dawa" wakaanza kusmoke. So ile ego ya maasai tu, the want to insult you but you can't insult them back. Vurugu ikaanza and all that me sikujua my guys had marungu kwa trousers. Walitoa and they were not even hesitant to hit someone. Walipiga boy mmoja hapo rungu and I really got fed up with them. Niliwa-separate, nikawapea simu zao and I left them. So one of the guys texted me in the morning calling me a msaliti for leaving them while fighting. Me nikamwambia hii ni Nairobi, you just don't go hitting people's sons na marungu.

Hello

I'm a self-taught frontend web developer specializing in React JS with 2 years of experience. I love coding, and I have been thinking of expanding my skills by learning Python and then Django for full-stack development

So far, I've learned data structures and algorithms and have solved 130 questions on Leetcode, and learned SDLC and design patterns which I believe they improve my problem-solving skills and increase my employability.

I feel like I want to learn Python and explore as much as I can(backend, AI, ML), but I'm afraid I will lose track(becoming a jack of all trades). I don't like the company I'm working for because of the pay(50k per month) and wish to move as soon as I find my next one.

How do I continue working on my interview skills(leetcoding), applying to jobs, learning new stuff, and ensuring that I'm employable? Does having more skills increase my employability? Is it a good idea to have so many skills in my resume or specializing is better?

With the ongoing floods, we have seen a lot of property being damaged across the country. Among those properties are cars. I've seen cars being swept away by the waters, others being destroyed by falling trees, others being buried in the mud.

Insurance people, how are things? What specific policies cover for such damages? Watu wa third party najua watalilia kwa choo. Tough times for real.

I blame Benny Hinn!

Here is the link to their site: https://100humanitarians.org/october2024

Aren’t most Kenyans already farmers? Seeing as most Americans aren’t farmers, what could they actually be teaching Kenyans? These garden towers look like a burlap sack with holes in it that I could read about in a pamphlet or a YouTube video. Is vertical farming even necessary in a country that is mostly farmland? Does any of this actually help anyone?

This supposed charity smells fishy to me. They have no financial transparency and a poor rating on Charity Navigator. Everything about 100 Humanitarians screams poverty tourism to me at best, and probably just a way to fleece wealthy clueless Utahns who want to feel good about donating to, and visiting Africa (and receive a convenient tax deduction on top).

Obviously to me as an American this seems like a complete waste of money, but I’d like to hear the perspective of actual Kenyans, please, or at least someone who has lived there.

My Xiaomi phone had a screen issue, since it was on a Saturday, I couldn't get it repaired by the authorised Xiaomi shop, they don't work weekends, so I decided to go a few shops down the building to the normal Fundis.

I knew they are notorious with stealing phone cameras, mouthpiece etc if you trust them to do a repair. I was careful and ready to make sure nothing was stolen.

So this idiot fundi says he is going to another shop downstairs to get the screen repaired since he didn't have a certain adhesive for the screen. I wanted to follow him but I didn't. Ninja went and took time, came back and I checked the camera front and back and all was fine...the screen wasn't that sorted out-not a 100% job but atleast the camera was there. Somehow I thought, finally a trustworthy fundi. I paid and was gone.

Two days later, while watching tiktok I find out my phone doesn't have a speaker... opening the phone I found out it was exchanged with a faulty one, I had travelled out of Nairobi and couldn't confront the idiot who betrayed my trust. I was maaad fam. How do I survive with no speaker.

Why are phone repair fundi like this, how do they sleep at night? How is this normal to them, I know I am not the only victim but I curse that hog na siku tutapatana nitamvaa. It will be chaotic.

If money was not a problem at the moment I'd go look for a house in Nairobi. Probably in the Slams. Njenga or somewhere. Then I'd create Facebook, Jiji and Instagram accounts. In these three accounts I'd be selling tools and equipments.How I will do this is some. I will post ads on these three platforms on daily basis. Also, I will befriend wholesalers around Nairobi such that I only pay them when I sell an item. So incase I get a client. Nitakuwa naenda, nachukua the item then after selling ndio nawaletea pesa.(That will need building trust kwanza). Alternatively, I will have some cash when someone asks for a tool, maybe a powersaw, I buy it, deliver it then narudisha pesa.

While doing this, I will also open a paxful account where I will be trading crypto currency. Hapa, I will invest like just 20k. I have seen this work for someone.

Shida sio ideas by the way. Shida ni Capital.

Guys, ebu ongezeni some ideas senye mtu anaeza fanya Nairobi.

Ideally, I would like a small intimate affair of strictly close relatives. The problem is that the said close relatives would take exception to that and refuse to turn away uninvited guests, for understandable reasons.

One solution is to completely fund the event and give express instructions regarding announcements, logistics, and catering arrangements, but that's not exactly water-tight. Plenty of things could go wrong.

Since wills are legally enforceable, are such things as funeral arrangements enforceable? Who would enforce them anyway? I can't burden my loved ones with such a task, and no cop would do it.

No, I'm not going to unalive myself. I just want a wake like the one Bob Collymore had.

Thanks!

Euro Trucks Simulator 2 (ETS 2) holds quite a gentle space in my heart. It was a big part of my highschool and comrade life. I've clocked crazy hours on that game transporting all manner goods across different cities. I'd even connect my laptop to my woofer for the extra experience of the engine revving.

Today, I drove a real truck for the first time in my life. Okay it was those lorries that carry water but y'all get the gist. Crazy thing is that I did it so effortlessly you would think I was a seasoned trucker. From the gear shifts to operating the freno, I was in my zone😁😁. My inner-child was so happy, I was smiling from Guangzhou to Los Angeles. It was one of those experience that really takes you aback. Quite memorable.

Have y'all had such experiences. The kind that took y'all down that sweet memory lane, and brought those precious memories back?

some of you fill your heads with so much nonsense you run out space for any knowledge.

brain drowning in depths of ignorance you can't spark a thought.

unless that's your intention. respect. no judgement.

I came across this job on linkedin that required the applicants to watch a YouTube video on their page and answer some questions.

Which got me wondering whether it's a legit job or just a plan to attract more views to their video.

Do jobs normally do this?

I'm in a deep shit.. debts are suffocating me. I hate to be here in such a predicament, mniombee , ii shida ni mimi nilijiletea. I have both bank loan and Helb Jielimishe loan in default . I lost my job last year causing the default status of these two

I got another job early in the year, netting 43k . Problem is, this , I had previously got myself in a hot soup , another debt, of salary advance loan with another bank, one I'm currently using as salary account,to sort my baby sisters fees and settling as I has to relocate. Now that salary loan is just a vicious cycle that I can't get off from . Having taken 85k as the loan, means 28k is chopped off my salary first thing it gets in. Because what remains can hardly sort me anything ,thanks to other debts I accumulate from friends and relas in the course of the month, the bank allows me to topup the loan and I borrow again the 85k ,💔💔.

.so this has been me for the last 3 months. I can't do anything with the salo, I can't get myself a decent loan as I'm negatively listed with CRB and I am getting this salary loan at exorbitant rates💔..I don't know, if there's a way out

We spend too much money treating diseases that can be avoided if people handling the food we eat do better.

The photos I have attached shows some kibanda and how badly they keep the vegetables they sell to us and the hotels around. There is also this meat vendor who supplies butcheries on a bike. The guy was carrying the meat in a very dirty gunny bag. Some of the intestines loosely hanging from the bag he was carrying.

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meat supplied in a gunny bag

Very curious

Hey, does anyone know reliable fibrenet providers in Kisumu? I'm looking for a cheaper WiFi alternative that isn't Zuku, Safaricom etc. Please suggest any options below—their numbers, websites etc would go a long way, thanks!

Hey guys! Looking to do a pads drive, preferably regions close to Nairobi as the budget won't allow us to go far.

Any suggestions of high schools where the girls need help getting pads?

Thank you 😊

nimetoka kuenda cyber and before I left , I decided to empty my garbage bin because I hate doing it in the morning with all the cold , sai napanda stairs and I notice my bag is missing and ya kila mtu mwingine iko pale pale , what is going on ?

context:

I am a heavy smoker , 3 blunts avg a day and I think someone is looking for evidence because I roll my own joints

We always talk about biggest redflags in women, but here are some of the biggest redflags in men.

1. Alcoholic.
2. Smokes marijuana.
3. Doesn’t workout at all.
4. Has no job and doesn't bother to look for one.
5. Gambles.