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How Fatuma Duale, a private school teacher in Karen, Nairobi, lives on KES 30,300 a month
Fatuma Duale, 41 — Private school teacher in Karen, Nairobi, raising 2 children.
Pays no rent, yet the money still disappears — leaks, not bills.
Earns: KES 30,300 per month. Housing: KES 0 — Lives with parents.
Kitchen — KES 6,740/month
| Unga (maize flour) | KES 910 |
| Rice & pasta | KES 450 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) | KES 570 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) | KES 1,480 |
| Sugar | KES 280 |
| Cooking oil | KES 490 |
| Meat/omena/eggs | KES 1,140 |
| Bread & breakfast | KES 490 |
| Fruits | KES 310 |
| Salt | KES 30 |
| Matchbox | KES 20 |
| Spices & royco | KES 50 |
| Gas refill (6kg cycle) | KES 520 |
Utilities — KES 1,020/month
| KPLC tokens | KES 600 |
| Water bill | KES 320 |
| Garbage collection | KES 100 |
Connectivity — KES 560/month
| Airtime & okoa | KES 240 |
| Data bundles | KES 320 |
Transport — KES 10,200/month
| Matatu/boda fares | KES 8,560 |
| Kids school transport | KES 1,640 |
Family — KES 3,220/month
| School fees (2 kids, public + extras) | KES 2,410 |
| Uniforms, books & school snacks | KES 490 |
| Kids clothes & shoes (mitumba cycle) | KES 320 |
Personal — KES 1,020/month
| Salon (braids/treatment) | KES 430 |
| Clothes & shoes (mitumba) | KES 380 |
| Toiletries & grooming | KES 210 |
Health — KES 720/month
| SHIF/NHIF | KES 450 |
| Clinic visits & dawa (kids) | KES 270 |
Social — KES 490/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee | KES 490 |
Debts
| Fuliza — overdraft | revolving | KES 1,500 |
| Stima SACCO — SACCO loan | active | KES 92,261 |
Left over each month: KES 6,330.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~1,480/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
Home setup: family bed + decker bed for the kids.
Saving toward: Car.
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