Wekesa Wanjala, 35 — Civil servant (county/national) in Old Town, Mombasa.
Weekend club nights at 500 bob a beer are quietly a plot deposit.
Earns: KES 69,000 per month. Housing: KES 11,600 rent.
Kitchen — KES 11,550/month
| Unga (maize flour) |
KES 730 |
| Rice & pasta |
KES 490 |
| Sukuma/mboga (mama mboga) |
KES 490 |
| Milk & tea leaves (daily chai) |
KES 4,240 |
| Sugar |
KES 230 |
| Cooking oil |
KES 440 |
| Meat/omena/eggs |
KES 1,880 |
| Bread & breakfast |
KES 610 |
| Fruits |
KES 530 |
| Salt |
KES 30 |
| Matchbox |
KES 20 |
| Spices & royco |
KES 210 |
| Gas refill (13kg cycle) |
KES 1,650 |
Utilities — KES 8,300/month
| KPLC tokens |
KES 2,490 |
| Water bill |
KES 1,240 |
| Garbage collection |
KES 410 |
| WiFi (home fibre) |
KES 4,160 |
Connectivity — KES 3,800/month
| Airtime & okoa |
KES 970 |
| Data bundles |
KES 1,380 |
| TV (Gotv/DStv) |
KES 1,450 |
Transport — KES 12,480/month
| Fuel (own car) |
KES 12,480 |
Personal — KES 5,250/month
| Barber |
KES 550 |
| Clothes & shoes |
KES 3,460 |
| Toiletries & grooming |
KES 1,240 |
Health — KES 2,630/month
Social — KES 2,870/month
| Church/Mosque offering & harambee |
KES 2,870 |
Indulgences — KES 17,330/month
| Club nights — beer @~500, occasional six-pack (wines @1,500–2,000) |
KES 10,400 |
| Shisha sessions |
KES 2,770 |
| Betting stakes |
KES 4,160 |
Debts
| KCB — personal/car loan |
active |
KES 151,462 |
Short every month by KES 6,810.
- Tap Kitchen → it accounts even the 20-bob matchbox and the salt.
- The daily chai habit is itemized: ~4,240/mo on milk & tea leaves alone.
- Club nights — beer @~500, occasional six-pack (wines @1,500–2,000): 10,400/mo — over 10 years that's 1,248,000.
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