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How Kamau Ndung’u, a kdf soldier in Nakuru town, lives on KES 56,300 a month
Kamau Ndung'u, 62 — KDF soldier in Nakuru town, raising 3 children.
Health costs eat a fixed slice before anything else moves.
Earns: KES 56,300 per month. Housing: KES 10,200 rent.
Kitchen — KES 10,400/month
| Unga (maize flour) | KES 960 |
| Rice & pasta | KES 650 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) | KES 650 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) | KES 2,570 |
| Sugar | KES 310 |
| Cooking oil | KES 590 |
| Meat/omena/eggs | KES 2,480 |
| Bread & breakfast | KES 800 |
| Fruits | KES 700 |
| Salt | KES 30 |
| Matchbox | KES 20 |
| Spices & royco | KES 70 |
| Gas refill (13kg cycle) | KES 570 |
Utilities — KES 2,870/month
| KPLC tokens | KES 860 |
| Water bill | KES 430 |
| Garbage collection | KES 140 |
| WiFi (home fibre) | KES 1,440 |
Connectivity — KES 1,310/month
| Airtime & okoa | KES 330 |
| Data bundles | KES 480 |
| TV (Gotv/DStv) | KES 500 |
Transport — KES 4,890/month
| Matatu/boda fares | KES 2,000 |
| Kids school transport | KES 2,890 |
Family — KES 11,410/month
| School fees (3 kids, private day) | KES 9,390 |
| Uniforms, books & school snacks | KES 1,300 |
| Kids clothes & shoes | KES 720 |
Personal — KES 1,820/month
| Barber | KES 190 |
| Clothes & shoes | KES 1,200 |
| Toiletries & grooming | KES 430 |
Health — KES 1,940/month
| SHIF/NHIF | KES 740 |
| Lives with epilepsy care | KES 720 |
| Clinic visits & dawa (kids) | KES 480 |
Social — KES 810/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee | KES 810 |
Debts
| Mwalimu SACCO — SACCO loan | active | KES 176,739 |
Left over each month: KES 10,650.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~2,570/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
Home setup: family bed + decker bed for the kids.
Lives with epilepsy — daily anticonvulsants.
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