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Life 1 · The AI Community

Simiyu Wanjala, 58

Security guard · Kakamega town · 2 kids

KES 13,700/month

💭 One income, all the responsibilities u2014 no room for error.

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The money

EarnsKES 13,700
RentKES 7,535
KitchenKES 1,810
UtilitiesKES 470
ConnectivityKES 180
TransportKES 1,090
FamilyKES 800
Left over: KES 765

Kitchen — KES 1,810/mo

Unga (maize flour)KES 270
Rice & pastaKES 90
Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga)KES 170
Milk & tea leaves (daily chai)KES 400
SugarKES 80
Cooking oilKES 130
Meat/omena/eggsKES 190
Bread & breakfastKES 90
FruitsKES 50

🔎 Yes — even the matchbox and the salt.

Debts — KES 19,000

Fuliza revolvingKES 4,000
Okolea CRB-listedKES 15,000

Making it work.

🔎 Tap Kitchen u2192 it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.

Saving toward: School fees runway

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Life 2 · The AI Community

Nasimiyu Shikuku, 46

Salonist / hairdresser · Nyali, Mombasa · 2 kids

KES 24,000/month

💭 One income, all the responsibilities u2014 no room for error.

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The money

EarnsKES 24,000
RentKES 13,200
KitchenKES 4,410
UtilitiesKES 860
ConnectivityKES 470
TransportKES 4,230
FamilyKES 2,600
Short every month by KES 5,140

Kitchen — KES 4,410/mo

Unga (maize flour)KES 520
Rice & pastaKES 260
Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga)KES 330
Milk & tea leaves (daily chai)KES 1,230
SugarKES 160
Cooking oilKES 280
Meat/omena/eggsKES 650
Bread & breakfastKES 280
FruitsKES 180

🔎 Yes — even the matchbox and the salt.

Debts — KES 93,091

Fuliza revolvingKES 800
Local SACCO activeKES 92,291

Living beyond means.

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Life 3 · The AI Community

Wairimu Njoroge, 34

Office clerk/admin · Rural Nyanza (Siaya) · 3 kids

KES 26,500/month

💭 One income, all the responsibilities u2014 no room for error.

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The money

EarnsKES 26,500
Rent — Own homeKES 0 🏡
KitchenKES 6,890
UtilitiesKES 80
ConnectivityKES 610
TransportKES 3,300
FamilyKES 5,040
Left over: KES 7,210

Kitchen — KES 6,890/mo

Unga (maize flour)KES 860
Rice & pastaKES 430
Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga)KES 540
Milk & tea leaves (daily chai)KES 1,860
SugarKES 260
Cooking oilKES 460
Meat/omena/eggsKES 1,070
Bread & breakfastKES 460
FruitsKES 290

🔎 Yes — even the matchbox and the salt.

Debts — KES 17,500

Fuliza revolvingKES 2,500
Tala CRB-listedKES 15,000

Life 4 · The AI Community

Ndung'u Githinji, 35

Boda boda rider · Rural Central (Murang'a) · 2 kids

KES 15,500/month

💭 Health costs eat a fixed slice before anything else moves.

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The money

EarnsKES 15,500
Rent — Employer housing/staff quartersKES 0 🏡
KitchenKES 3,760
UtilitiesKES 290
ConnectivityKES 470
TransportKES 1,280
FamilyKES 2,700
Left over: KES 3,350

Kitchen — KES 3,760/mo

Unga (maize flour)KES 440
Rice & pastaKES 220
Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga)KES 280
Milk & tea leaves (daily chai)KES 1,050
SugarKES 130
Cooking oilKES 240
Meat/omena/eggsKES 560
Bread & breakfastKES 240
FruitsKES 150

🔎 Yes — even the matchbox and the salt.

Debts — KES 1,500

Fuliza revolvingKES 1,500

Making it work.

🔎 Tap Kitchen u2192 it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.

Saving toward: Wedding fund

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Life 5 · The AI Community

Kiplagat Rotich, 30

Fisherman (lake/coast) · Rural Nyanza (Siaya)

KES 14,700/month

💭 Pays no rent, yet the money still disappears u2014 leaks, not bills.

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The money

EarnsKES 14,700
Rent — Lives with parentsKES 0 🏡
KitchenKES 4,000
UtilitiesKES 520
ConnectivityKES 410
TransportKES 1,990
PersonalKES 480
Left over: KES 3,190

Kitchen — KES 4,000/mo

Unga (maize flour)KES 640
Rice & pastaKES 220
Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga)KES 390
Milk & tea leaves (daily chai)KES 680
SugarKES 190
Cooking oilKES 320
Meat/omena/eggsKES 450
Bread & breakfastKES 220
FruitsKES 120

🔎 Yes — even the matchbox and the salt.

Debts — KES 7,818

Branch activeKES 7,818

Making it work.

🔎 Tap Kitchen u2192 it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.

Saving toward: Car

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Life 6 · The AI Community

Fatuma Warsame, 22

Civil servant (county/national) · Kitengela

KES 59,700/month

💭 Juggling several digital loans; repaying one with another.

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The money

EarnsKES 59,700
Rent — Inherited plotKES 0 🏡
KitchenKES 14,760
UtilitiesKES 10,610
ConnectivityKES 4,870
TransportKES 15,940
PersonalKES 10,450
Short every month by KES 8,310

Kitchen — KES 14,760/mo

Unga (maize flour)KES 930
Rice & pastaKES 630
Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga)KES 630
Milk & tea leaves (daily chai)KES 5,420
SugarKES 300
Cooking oilKES 570
Meat/omena/eggsKES 2,410
Bread & breakfastKES 780
FruitsKES 670

🔎 Yes — even the matchbox and the salt.

Debts — KES 47,636

Tala activeKES 23,820
KCB M-Pesa activeKES 23,816

Living beyond means.

🔎 Tap Kitchen u2192 it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.

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Wakenya wanaishije kwa mshahara wao? Maisha halisi 1,000, kila senti ikihesabiwa.

Fanikiwa is an AI-powered Community by QQ Africa documenting the real cost of daily life in Kenya — every earning bracket from KES 3,000 to 500,000+, every town from Kibera to Karen to rural Kitui, every family shape including no-rent homes, two-household families, single parents and members living with disability. Each life is itemized down to the matchbox: rent, KPLC tokens, water, the daily chai, school fees, diapers for the under-4s, chama, black tax, Fuliza loops, CRB listings — and the honest month-end number.

1

Tazama reels

Swipe through real lives above — story, money, kitchen, debts, verdict. Or browse every life as a page.

2

Jaribu yako — bila kujisajili

Open the app, slide your bracket, and build your own plan with a pseudo name. Your data stays on your device.

3

Fungua kocha wako

One M-Pesa STK push unlocks unlimited tracking, the AI coach, CRB clearance planning and human experts.

Gharama za maisha, mji baada ya mji

Maswali watu huuliza

How much does it cost to live on KES 25,000 a month in Nairobi?

It depends on rent and family size — in the Community, a salonist on 25,000 in Kariobangi with two kids typically pays about 6,500 rent, spends 6,000–8,000 on an itemized kitchen (unga, sukuma, milk for chai, oil, down to the 20-bob matchbox), and finishes the month within a few hundred shillings of zero. Browse real 15–25k lives to see the full breakdowns.

Is Fanikiwa free?

Yes — watching the reels, browsing all 1,000 lives and building your own starter plan needs no account and no payment. Fanikiwa Plus (unlimited tracking, the AI coach, CRB clearance planning and expert sessions) is unlocked with a single M-Pesa STK push.

Are these real people?

They are representative, statistically realistic profiles generated from real Kenyan price and lifestyle data — real brackets, real costs, no identifiable individuals. Your own data stays private on your device unless you opt into anonymized research.

Can Fanikiwa help me clear a CRB listing?

The app includes a CRB clearance planner: it tracks the defaulted loan, builds the repayment path, and walks you through asking the lender to update the bureau. For regulated advice you can book a vetted expert inside the app.

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