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Are there any people working corporate na meno za silver? And has it ever being an issue?

So on Saturday a friend told me she’s going for a job interview to be a shop assistant in town.
Later in the afternoon I ask her how it went and all I could hear was a scam.
She basically said something like she had to pay 6k to join the business and will be getting 15k a week.
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I tried to explain to her that is Multi-Level Marketing and the fact that she went thinking it’s a shop assisant job and turned out to be something else, it’s a scam. She wouldn’t listen. But anyways mtoto akililia wembe, mpe.
Anyways I’ve been seeing this a lot and personally experienced such where I went for a job interview and they wanted us to pay 300 bob for training. There was like 50 people so do the math. They had big promises of making 10k weekly. Mind you the job posted was for executive assistant. I just took my bag and started walking out when asked why I bluntly said I don’t do MLM
Beware of the job offers out here! People are ready to trick you into parting with your money. Any job that asks you to pay for anything is a SCAM!!!

(29 M) Decided to watch the polygamist today i am now in episode 15 binge watching. Reason i am callling it an eye opener is the fact that i have started seeing myself in Jonasi and it's really frightening, i mean Jonasi is crazy but i am sure it started from somewhere.

So in my case last time i dated was 3 years ago and after i broke up with my girlfriend i started exploring sleeping around. I usually have like 5 girls on my rotation to the point i start feeling empty and not even satisfied.

I hate how this behavior of Jonasi is affecting all his loved ones around him and i wouldn't want that for me and also the fact that i could easily catch disease although i strap but this specific girl i sometimes dont (she actually the one who suggested for me to watch it - and now i am just planning of telling her i dont wanna live this life no more. I want something real now).

I see alot of men nowadays being influenced by the likes of Andrew Tate and such characters breed such men like Jonasi or even worsw because that character of Jonasi most likely isn't influenced by social media because he's like from an old generation, this coming generation might be a worse version of Jonasi.

Anyway for guys who watched the series and saw yourself in Jonasi, do you think Jonasi's life is a fullfilling one?

Some years ago, my business was thriving, lived in own house, plots, Diani holidays, premio... the works. The only way was up.

To grow the business, I took some loans, and bigger risks.

Then, from 2020, it all came crushing down like a house of cards. From grace to grass.

Currently earning between KSh 10 - 15K per month, just enough for the bare minimum basics for the family. Fuliza is constant. The biggest savior is owning my house and growing most of our food.

I'm however, working on regaining my stature again. Down but not out.

Some Lessons learned:

Live healthy. Live within your means. Define your own success. Build your own house, earliest possible. Don't worry about what others think of you Accept and adjust to emerging circumstances. Take time to know your future partner: "for better, for worse" Don't be poor at 50.

I have recently started saving and want to invest but aki I am so scared the government will default on our loans and then our currency will go to shit and the kujinyima to save will have been for no reason.

But, no the other hand, saving outside of Kenya eg in American stocks has its risks as well. What if the AI bubble bursts and then again the kujinyima will have been for no reason. Anyway, for ppl investing what are you doing? How do you keep such fears at bay?

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In Kenya, the most brutal tribal observations are usually made with the most affection.

compiled them from comment sections and conversations .

Wameru: Wagumu na washenzi kiasi. The most indiscriminate of all (rude and fiercely loyal in the same breath) You won't know which is coming. Best colleagues you'll ever have if you survive the first impression.

Wajaka (Luos): Wangekuwa light skin Kenya kungekuwa na racism. As friends the most generous table you'll ever sit at. Also the most expensive.

Kikuyu: Addicted to hardship, rarely live abundantly even when they can. Son of the soil. Professionally will outwork everyone in the room and resent you for noticing.

Wakale (Kalenjins): Men take politics as identity, Disagree with their candidate and you've disagreed with them personally. Women highly recommended in every context, no further elaboration needed.

Kisiis: Ka si ugali, it's not food. Also every other Kisii you meet is somehow your Mjomba. The mathematics of this have never been explained. Professionally .will feed you before discussing business. Always.

Wacoast: Don't understand their own limitations. As friends .the most present people you'll ever meet. Tomorrow doesn't exist for them and somehow that's the most peaceful thing in the world.

Wakamba: Hedonistic. Ageless. Peaceful.

Never seem to age and nobody has fully explained the correlation between the three. Professionally . will charm the contract out of your hands before you've signed it. Somehow you won't mind.

Waluhya: The only tribe that's genuinely 70% good hearted. Their belief in witchcraft makes them their own worst enemy. As friends will love you completely and hex your enemy on the same afternoon. Both with equal sincerity.

Disclaimer: All of the above is usually said with tremendous love.

Mostly.

Now pick one:

☐ All of this is true

☐ None of this is true

☐ The fact that you know which is which says everything.

Tribe is a mental construct.

The question is whose construction are you living inside?

And why are you defending it so hard right now?

If there is something I love doing, it is starting an argument, especially at random moments, like "the earth is flat, prove me wrong." I love doing it with the people I'm closest to. Each time my friends hear me come up with one they huff, because despite everything, I am a sore loser. A competitive opponent, but the truth is, I just love stimulating their brains. I love playing dumb to provoke them, we laugh at it though.

They'll tell me to do something and I will say "I don't understand," they will say it in other languages till we get to gibberish and laugh it off.

Other than political matters I have come to the conclusion that a lot of the movements we see both online and in the outside world have an insane amount of pretentiousness and virtue signaling.

Personal example is that of a lady I know who is on the board of a certain women's rights/feminists group but she keeps going back to her serial cheating ex. The guy even has been reported previously on charges of domestic assault (on her first wife). He's a bum who treats her as her second option when he is bored.

I'm left wondering why a woman with 3 degrees a masters and a phd somehow ends up chasing the 'enemy'. What happened to practicing what you preach. Maybe its juju.

Anyway..wantam.

I used to listen my music from spotify and yt music but I changed and bought an mp3 player... Life has never been easier, I carry my mp3 and cash leaving the phone at home hile doing errands...sikuhizi kukuwa caught slacking ni ngumu sana....

So I'm trying to get a health assurance for myself, single AF (not looking), no kids and healthy. Reasons so I can get free glasses 😭. Okay jokes aside I want to sign up for a health assurance since you never know what in this life, which should I get, why and what are the rates, pple in or pple with health assurance need your advice.

What's the best laptop right now for students vs creatives vs everyday use?

Curious what people are actually buying/recommending in 2026. I keep seeing ThinkPad/EliteBook recommended for durability, but what about for video editing or design work — is it still worth getting a Mac, or are there PC options that hold up? Also curious if anyone's tried AMD over Intel and noticed a real difference. Looking to understand what's actually worth the money vs what's just hype.

The past few years have been great. Awesome is the word then came 2026. I started this year with high hopes. Business was good, investments hapa pale (fair portfolio I'd say) and doable resolutions. The war came, business closed then a long illness followed and now I'm way below a place I ever thought I could be. I was sitting today reflecting and I realized no one talks about how expensive being poor is. Let me expound

When things are good, some decisions and actions look like reflex actions. Paying rent, knowing what to eat, buying clothes, paying medical insurance, house internet etc. the basic needs for the 21st century.

When one is broke, all these become very expensive. Rent feels like a huge burden. End month comes and the landlord calling or texting or even thinking about him/ her brings bad feelings. Deciding whether to eat or forget you are hungry is a huge decision. Clothes become a luxury too - even the used mitumba ones. I cancelled paying for SHA after they only paid 25k of a 386k bill. I was to go for private insurance but now that's very undoable. Yaani, the things that used to be effortless feel like huge decisions. Mbeleni fueling used to be easy, saa hii ata fare ni ngumu. There was a time I was tired of it all but my preferred exit method also required cash I never had. Anyway, I'm glad there was a neighbor I used to give wifi access to, saa hii aliweka yake and gives me access.

I don't know nani ama wapi nilikosea but wueh! Being poor is expensive especially mentally, financially and emotionally. Anyway, hope ipo siku mambo yatarudi poa before ifike ile point ya kurusha towel and na kusema tulijaribu all we could.

At what point does someone think they need genuine help for talking too much 😕 🙃 I recently heard a story of a woman claiming that their partner(male) is a very strong and known gossiper. When they began living together, he was talking with the neighbours causally. Later on, as the days went by, he started telling other people's secrets to the neighbours.

For example, a neighbour would confide in him, and later on, he would tell the other neighbours. It has gotten to a point that the other neighbours realised and started avoiding him. For instance, when he would leave for work early in the morning, when the other neighbours realised that it was him, they would refuse to get out of their houses until he left the completely.

It reached a breaking point when the woman found out that the mWan was discussing their intimate life with the mother. When the mother came to visit, she overheard their conversation and was quite shocked. When she confronted him, he said that there were no secrets between him and his mum and said that they had been talking about it way before over the phone. Even the people around the woman would ask her why she agreed to go long-term with the man knowing very well his character, and she claimed she never thought that it was that serious.

In the end, she asked how she should go about the whole situation, considering that they have two children already.

Are there any 3rd spaces in Nairobi that don’t involve drinking, partying ,loud music and rogue low quality crowds, and are not restaurants?
I have tried padel it’s amazing but 3600 per hour can we get serious with the economy please 😅!
Na msiniambie running clubs I’m not looking to be swiped right and left in person .
I’d welcome other suggestions.