muganda wrote:Hope it helps; Just my uninformed estimate but in Kenya Shillings
150,000 per child per year
600,000 others per year
Trust you can get a job at least 70,000 monthly in Mombasa. A blessing if your wife works also.
Welcome back
@Muganda, good start, but uninformed indeed :)
150,000 per child per year = 450K
600,000 others per year = 600K
Total = 1050K = 87.5K pm
As per your estimate, mzeekijana ought to make (not necessarily earn from employment :) Way more than the 70K)
@mzeekijana, welcome back (hoping your "homing decision" is not tied to the figures that may be thrown here.
I won't help with figures; I'll delve into 'near useful sideshows'. I come from the same area. You might need to consider these:
- Since you left, free primary education was introduced, dragging down the already battered public confidence in public schools. Repercussions of this somewhat affected some of the 'Academies' of the 90's. Remember Mary Cliff?
Top of my head I'd recommend Nyali Primary, St. Augustine Preparatory and to some extent Highgate Primary for decent private schools.
I'm not sure if the dear 15 year old is covered there though; high-school selection is a bit fuzzy.
- The roads are fairly ok; some got tarmacked (Mishomoroni/Mwakirunge-->Formely Zakheem Road). The Mombasa-Mtwapa road (New Malindi Road) is in great shape. The Kisauni-Mtopanga-Bamburi road still manageable.
- Public transport charges are erratic and fairly high for those commuting and making use of the Nyali bridge.
Depending on where your home is and your choice of schools, it may, in the long run, make sense to own that family car; keep that at the back of your calculation sheet. Kisauni ni kubwa bana.
Else, Khadija Primary playground finally got a neat concrete fence; no more shung-peng smoking around that area. You may consider it if push comes to shove
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