Mogaka Momanyi, 26 — Nurse in Old Town, Mombasa, raising 2 children.
Weekend club nights at 500 bob a beer are quietly a plot deposit.
Earns: KES 48,500 per month. Housing: KES 14,100 rent.
Kitchen — KES 9,650/month
| Unga (maize flour) |
KES 760 |
| Rice & pasta |
KES 520 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) |
KES 520 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) |
KES 3,040 |
| Sugar |
KES 240 |
| Cooking oil |
KES 470 |
| Meat/omena/eggs |
KES 1,980 |
| Bread & breakfast |
KES 640 |
| Fruits |
KES 550 |
| Salt |
KES 30 |
| Matchbox |
KES 20 |
| Spices & royco |
KES 100 |
| Gas refill (13kg cycle) |
KES 780 |
Utilities — KES 3,350/month
| KPLC tokens |
KES 1,010 |
| Water bill |
KES 500 |
| Garbage collection |
KES 160 |
| WiFi (home fibre) |
KES 1,680 |
Connectivity — KES 1,540/month
| Airtime & okoa |
KES 390 |
| Data bundles |
KES 560 |
| TV (Gotv/DStv) |
KES 590 |
Transport — KES 3,720/month
| Matatu/boda fares |
KES 2,040 |
| Kids school transport |
KES 1,680 |
Family — KES 6,970/month
| Diapers & baby care (under-4s) |
KES 1,970 |
| School fees (1 kid, private day) |
KES 3,660 |
| Uniforms, books & school snacks |
KES 500 |
| Kids clothes & shoes |
KES 840 |
Personal — KES 2,120/month
| Barber |
KES 220 |
| Clothes & shoes |
KES 1,400 |
| Toiletries & grooming |
KES 500 |
Health — KES 1,310/month
| SHIF/NHIF |
KES 750 |
| Clinic visits & dawa (kids) |
KES 560 |
Social — KES 2,720/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee |
KES 810 |
| Black tax (money home) |
KES 1,910 |
Indulgences — KES 7,870/month
| Club nights — beer @~500, occasional six-pack (wines @1,500–2,000) |
KES 6,750 |
| Shisha sessions |
KES 1,120 |
Debts
| Tala — mobile loan |
active |
KES 13,860 |
Short every month by KES 4,850.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~3,040/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
- Club nights — beer @~500, occasional six-pack (wines @1,500–2,000): 6,750/mo — over 10 years that's 810,000.
Home setup: family bed + decker bed for the kids.
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