One colleague who is looking into some business told me that she was told by a mzungu enterprenuer who has been in the country that "Kenyans do not make quality, but they love quality. If you bring in quality, they will buy at whatever the cost". Well, some guys have known this and sometimes they will bring in "not so quality" and sell it at "high quality" prices. No wonder MJ said we have peculiar (consumption? spending?) habits.

hapo sawa, mie sioni chida!!!!

I love this obsession, it's entertaining and it really tells you how stupid, that class of people is . There are threads here on wazua that will cement this position.Look at the ones talking about hospitals n schools.
It is reflected on our roads, dudes make some money, buy a ride and they want to be and be treated like gods. They obey no traffic rules [mostly coz they are ignorant], they drive with their full lights on even on the well lit roads.
It's good having them when you are not on the receiving end otherwise i wish thunder strike on them.
But the best part has to be with the iphone/samsung/bb craze. Why would one have an iphone, a bb, one of the tabs and still be contemplating buying S lll?
I guess i'll never know.
With the touch screen phones, those things have turned people into idiots,robots, brainless bunch of flesh. What's the point of just scrolling thru' phone book,photos,apps etc for minutes just to be seen holding one?
I see it every single day in queues,the activity is pronounced where an appealing member of the opposite sex is in the vicinity.
Once people have seen, then what? That is self-torture.They should know we still have Carlos Slim, Gates,Oracle of Omaha etc, out there, and the sun keeps rising and setting.
If only people could buy what they need and not what they'll be seen to have.
This bunch of people hardly pays back debts,won't pay, can't pay.
Anyway, back to my slow day.

its just a discussion, I wasstarting not that am aganist anyone's choice.just that I find it odd that an individual can choose a more expensive choice while there is a cheaper alternative.

the other day I was waiting for a mat, and the first one that came along was charging 70 bob, then another one came and I think they wanted to fill up fast and the conductor charged 60 bob, and funny enough guys were still streaming to the more expensive one - despite the two mats being roughly the same.

I think we are starting to generalise too much
There is nothing wrong in loving quality cz we all do.

Problem comes in when ones'lifestyle starts affecting the people around them in a negative way.
When one becomes a burden,through constant borrowing to finance their insane lifestyle.
Always in debt that when people see you approach, they take off.
But if you can afford? hey go for the best money can buy.It's your money not mine.

At times it's not so much the price but the service!
I can buy a bunch of sewage sukumawikis at sh5 then end up spending sh 5000 to treat my diarrhoea.
But common sense commands me to go for normal sukuma at say sh10 then save myself future headache.

Thing is can I afford the 10/=? If not then I will not buy the sewage sukuma! I d rather eat coriander(dhania) with Ugali. .