There are guys who move all the way from eastlands to westlands for shopping, forgetting the same suppliers who stock the hyper markets in westlands are the same who supply the super markets in eastlands

midoro crass muhaaaaha nothing like that here yet

So who comprises the middle class in Kenya?

In the west, the middle class have the following characteristics:
- normally have a university degree
- have a professional job eg doctors, lawyers, academicians, engineers etc
- live in their own home, which is their biggest asset
- own a car, normally 2 for Mr and Mrs
- have conspicuous consumption to affirm their status in society

Of course middle class can be further split into lower, mid and upper middle classes.

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspicuous_consumption

www.en.wikipedia.org/wik...ass_in_the_United_States

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_class_system

well in kenya the middle class are defined by where they reside,wear,eat and what they drive.
so a dude moves from mukuru kwa reuben to a karen sq and automatically calls himself middleclass while he struggles to adopt the karen way of life.

That's why image matters here, not normalcy.

In Kenya if you have yourself access to the internet and can post on Wazua you tend to call yourself middle class. Just peruse the posts here and see how people call themselves that, especially when comparing themselves to the 'non-middle class Kenyans' who are being 'lied' to by the politicians.