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How Kioko Munyao, a private school teacher in Rural North, lives on KES 27,700 a month
Kioko Munyao, 20 — Private school teacher in Rural North (Wajir).
Pays no rent, yet the money still disappears — leaks, not bills.
Earns: KES 27,700 per month. Housing: KES 0 — Lives with parents.
Kitchen — KES 12,140/month
| Unga (maize flour) | KES 1,140 |
| Rice & pasta | KES 570 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) | KES 720 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) | KES 3,960 |
| Sugar | KES 350 |
| Cooking oil | KES 610 |
| Meat/omena/eggs | KES 1,430 |
| Bread & breakfast | KES 610 |
| Fruits | KES 390 |
| Salt | KES 30 |
| Matchbox | KES 20 |
| Spices & royco | KES 220 |
| Gas refill (6kg cycle) | KES 2,090 |
Utilities — KES 1,430/month
| KPLC tokens | KES 1,100 |
| Water (borehole/river — treatment) | KES 330 |
Connectivity — KES 2,310/month
| Airtime & okoa | KES 990 |
| Data bundles | KES 1,320 |
Transport — KES 6,860/month
| Matatu/boda fares | KES 6,860 |
Personal — KES 2,860/month
| Barber | KES 440 |
| Clothes & shoes (mitumba) | KES 1,540 |
| Toiletries & grooming | KES 880 |
Health — KES 1,670/month
| SHIF/NHIF | KES 1,670 |
Social — KES 1,820/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee | KES 1,820 |
Debts
| Fuliza — overdraft | revolving | KES 4,000 |
| Zenka — mobile loan | active | KES 7,142 |
| Local SACCO — SACCO loan | active | KES 64,523 |
Short every month by KES 1,390.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~3,960/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
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