I hear you guys. But the thing is that is just the car expense. Everything else has gone up. Housing, food, school fees ( kwanza school fees!!!) What I could not understand is how guys are surviving in this city and whether at he end of the day... whether we will take back anything to wherever we came from as the goodies of hard work in Nairobi. It seems to me that what is made here remains here...

But surely, don't you guys see a very serious crisis in the next 5 or so years? Now banks have started laying off and this is the start of another big retrenchment cycle.. what happens to those guys who had mortgages, car loans, school fees to pay?

Maybe its cause I am flat broke and everytime I see someone issue a 1K note, I think they are showing off...

Unless you have other heralds to run in the day , use public means.

Be encouraged , there are many good things 'toyota' drivers miss in the public transport.

Remember the other day 'I got lost' then after that I 'lost a coin'? in a matatu

Guys,

Jana I tried to sum up how much it costs to drive to per month.. Here is what I found

Car Fuel 350*30= 10,500
Parking 250*25= 6,250
Car Loan (0.8M @16%)= 22,680
Insurance (7.5% of 1M)= 6,250
Service 1,000
Other Misc 1,000
Total cost per month KShs47,680


This is just a car. We have not counted the costs that it creates e.g kuenda out ovyo ovyo, stress za jam. Is this why we have road rage so high in Nairobi?
Now surely how is the middle class supposed to survive this system?