Some of the most vocal MP's in the august house come from Western and after living here for two months i have observed the following.

a)Living here is damn expensive!Rental houses here are sooooo expensive and the torture you have to go through getting one is hell.It took me a month of living in a hotel before i could get a decent house.

b)Food is expensive!Without even taking into consideration the story Sunday Nation ran on how 45% of a households income is pent on grocery shopping,here it seems everything costs double of what it would in Nairobi or Nakuru.From simple things like tomatoes,carrots and onions basic item in every Kenyan kitchen they all seem to be brought in from somewhere.It seems people here would rather plant sugarcane then pay an arm and a leg to feed themselves.

c)Schools here even kindergartens have long drop loos for small kids!!

d)How does Nakumatt make money?maybe the opening up of their branch here was strategic but i must say the spending power of people here is limited.

If any Wazuans' have worked,lived or stayed here share your thoughts ....

When I saw the topic, I thought of "Muliro Garden Season 2"

Get your minds out of the gutter guys....lol!


Maybe the poverty rates here are driving guys the residents to extra curricular activities.

true food there is damn expensive our people should be encouraged to go agrarian

Kenyan and their enterprising ways!!!

@Wanjiru,i swear we spent two weeks looking for a house,unless you know someone from here who can do the legwork for you its stress why lie.Even the guy i met here admit looking for a house here is demanding and no i was not looking for an apartment just a nice house.

I was talking about buying normal groceries nothing fancy and its expensive,and seeing i have 2 babies to feed,i count my pennies kabisa.Beer is cheap i agree and fare too but truth be told people here need to diversify their income generating activities

Okay definitely bananas here are cheaper its 10 bob each and i was shocked when i went to the market and couldn't get it for less.Where i lived before a banana was 6 bob do you can understand my shock,i actually got a pine apple at kshs 100 . Maybe i should start some fruit and veggie business in Kisumu i would rake in thousands.


It is no wonder then that a number of people here are caught up in a cycle of poverty.They have land and water why cant people here get on the green house bandwagon and use drip irrigation to supply just a fraction of what clearly is in high demand-fresh fruits and vegetables.

Anyway it is too depressing to see all these young people operating boda bodas and motorbikes when they could be doing something else,there are a lot of poor people here than i have seen in the town i have lived in.I guess i just have to learn to live with it till i get to move to a cheaper town ....lol.

So basically the Muliro and Kachmega stories are tied... These people cannot afford to hire a room for the hour (or minute) so they opt for the free option.. Mazee, I'm getting ideas for an Airtel ad..