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How Ondieki Bosire, a office cleaner in Rural Eastern, lives on KES 13,300 a month
Ondieki Bosire, 57 — Office cleaner in Rural Eastern (Kitui), raising 2 children.
Sends money home every month without fail; own savings keep stalling.
Earns: KES 13,300 per month. Housing: KES 0 — Own home.
Kitchen — KES 4,720/month
| Unga (maize flour) | KES 720 |
| Rice & pasta | KES 250 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) | KES 440 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) | KES 1,050 |
| Sugar | KES 220 |
| Cooking oil | KES 360 |
| Meat/omena/eggs | KES 510 |
| Bread & breakfast | KES 250 |
| Fruits | KES 130 |
| Salt | KES 30 |
| Matchbox | KES 20 |
| Spices & royco | KES 40 |
| Charcoal/kerosene | KES 700 |
Utilities — KES 530/month
| KPLC tokens | KES 230 |
| Water (borehole/river — treatment) | KES 110 |
| Kerosene/solar top-up | KES 190 |
Connectivity — KES 420/month
| Airtime & okoa | KES 190 |
| Data bundles | KES 230 |
Transport — KES 2,430/month
| Matatu/boda fares | KES 2,430 |
Family — KES 2,400/month
| Diapers & baby care (under-4s) | KES 1,400 |
| School fees (1 kid, public day) | KES 620 |
| Uniforms, books & school snacks | KES 150 |
| Kids clothes & shoes (mitumba cycle) | KES 230 |
Personal — KES 490/month
| Barber | KES 70 |
| Clothes & shoes (mitumba) | KES 230 |
| Toiletries & grooming | KES 190 |
Health — KES 1,210/month
| SHIF/NHIF | KES 280 |
| Manages asthma care | KES 930 |
Social — KES 2,070/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee | KES 200 |
| Chama contribution | KES 390 |
| Black tax (money home) | KES 1,480 |
Indulgences — KES 700/month
| Betting stakes | KES 700 |
Debts
| M-Shwari — mobile loan | active | KES 5,115 |
Short every month by KES 1,670.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~1,050/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
- Betting stakes: 700/mo — over 10 years that's 84,000.
Home setup: family bed + decker bed for the kids.
Manages asthma — inhalers.
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