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How do Kenyans actually live on their income?

1,000 real lives, itemized — every earning bracket from KES 3,000 to 500,000+, every town from Kibera to Karen to rural Kitui. Each life is itemized down to the matchbox: rent, KPLC tokens, the daily chai, school fees, chama, black tax, Fuliza loops, CRB listings — and the honest month-end number.

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Cost of living, town by town

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Real Lives

1,000 lives, itemized.

Every earning bracket, every town, every family shape — each life honest down to the matchbox. Swipe them as reels, or open the whole Community as a grid and filter to a life like yours.

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Cost of living

What does it really cost, where you are?

Pick your town or your bracket. We'll show real lives at exactly that level — rent, KPLC, the daily chai, school fees, and the honest month-end number. If the Community doesn't cover your exact bracket, we build a consistent life for it, itemized to the matchbox.

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Reviews

What members say.

Real reviews and questions from people using Fanikiwa to sort their money and clear their names.

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“Cleared two CRB listings in four months with the plan it gave me. The day-by-day target kept me honest.” — a member in Nakuru

Questions people ask

Good questions.

How much does it cost to live on KES 25,000 a month in Nairobi?
It's tight but done every day. Rent in Umoja or Kasarani runs 8–12k, leaving ~13k for a family's food, transport and airtime. Browse the 25k lives to see exactly how each shilling is split — and where it quietly leaks.
Is Fanikiwa free?
Watching lives and trying your own plan is free, with no sign-up. The coach — unlimited tracking, CRB planning, human experts — unlocks with one M-Pesa payment.
Are these real people?
They're built from real budget patterns across Kenya, with pseudonyms to protect privacy. Every number is honest — down to the matchbox and the salt.
Can Fanikiwa help me clear a CRB listing?
Yes. The coach maps what you owe, who listed you, and a realistic clearance plan — and connects you to a human expert inside the app when you need one.
Your coach

The real numbers, right now.

Earned this monthKES 44,100
Spent so farKES 41,820
Left to month-endKES 2,280
What you must earn/dayKES 1,470
CRB clean-up progress

2 of 3 listings cleared. One Fuliza balance to go.

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