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How Rehema Juma, a clinical officer in Umoja, Nairobi, lives on KES 59,800 a month
Rehema Juma, 59 — Clinical officer in Umoja, Nairobi, raising 4 children.
Sends money home every month without fail; own savings keep stalling.
Earns: KES 59,800 per month. Housing: KES 16,000 rent.
Kitchen — KES 13,730/month
| Unga (maize flour) | KES 1,280 |
| Rice & pasta | KES 870 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) | KES 870 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) | KES 3,400 |
| Sugar | KES 410 |
| Cooking oil | KES 780 |
| Meat/omena/eggs | KES 3,320 |
| Bread & breakfast | KES 1,080 |
| Fruits | KES 930 |
| Salt | KES 30 |
| Matchbox | KES 20 |
| Spices & royco | KES 80 |
| Gas refill (13kg cycle) | KES 660 |
Utilities — KES 2,260/month
| KPLC tokens | KES 680 |
| Water bill | KES 340 |
| Garbage collection | KES 110 |
| WiFi (home fibre) | KES 1,130 |
Connectivity — KES 1,020/month
| Airtime & okoa | KES 260 |
| Data bundles | KES 370 |
| TV (Gotv/DStv) | KES 390 |
Transport — KES 4,220/month
| Matatu/boda fares | KES 1,960 |
| Kids school transport | KES 2,260 |
Family — KES 12,310/month
| School fees (4 kids, private day) | KES 9,820 |
| Uniforms, books & school snacks | KES 1,360 |
| Kids clothes & shoes | KES 1,130 |
Personal — KES 2,220/month
| Salon (braids/treatment) | KES 940 |
| Clothes & shoes | KES 940 |
| Toiletries & grooming | KES 340 |
Health — KES 990/month
| SHIF/NHIF | KES 620 |
| Clinic visits & dawa (kids) | KES 370 |
Social — KES 3,460/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee | KES 670 |
| Black tax (money home) | KES 2,790 |
Indulgences — KES 790/month
| Cigarettes (packets) | KES 790 |
Debts
| KCB — personal/car loan | active | KES 282,498 |
| Stima SACCO — SACCO loan | active | KES 188,880 |
Left over each month: KES 2,800.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~3,400/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
- Cigarettes (packets): 790/mo — over 10 years that's 94,800.
Home setup: family bed + decker bed for the kids.
Saving toward: School fees runway.
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