lovely. Same thing I keep telling you. This is a gig economy

The good thing about these silly media propagated sociological labels like "Millenials" and "Generation X" and "baby boomers" is that whatever they are purported to be and do changes with times and seasons and never lasts. I remember when my generation (Generation X) was being labeled with all these silly values. We were called "The MTV generation." Ati we were the latchkey kids, disaffected, uninterested in the world around them, cynical and slackers. This was total rubbish! Nobody I know or went to school with was ever this way, yet they labeled us these things. Now almost everybody I know from my generation is getting a lot done, most are well educated, have good jobs or run businesses, some are well known politicians, others are CEOs, the list is endless. Does that sound like a cynical lot of slackers? Hata this millenial labeling is garbage. These so called fads will be long forgotten once most of them turn 35 and are responsible citizens getting a lot done in life. In fact this labeling is very deliberate. The corporates need to create zombie like thinking to which they can sell all sorts of things to. When a 25 year old is told a millenial does not buy he rents and it is drummed in his head every day through the media, the simple ones among them will actually believe it.

Yes of course, and unfortunately they are swallowed all over the world thanks to the power and reach of Hellyweird,

I think the argument that a plot or house is overpriced in Kenya today therefore a millenial cannot own anything is a fallacy. Kenya is not Lavington and Kilimani type of properties alone, one has to start somewhere. In Kenya today a plot can be obtained for a song but the compromise one has to make is to move further away from the city. I think the bigger issue is that many do not want to cut their cloak according to the cloth. I remember watching a show on NTV I believe about 8 years ago in which a wealthy property owner with properties in the Nairobi core said something very insightful (at least to me). He said something to the effect that everybody wants Runda, Muthaiga and Lavington, but if you cannot afford these, start at South C. If you cannot afford South C, start at Syokimau. If you cannot afford Syokimau start at Lukenya and so on. Then work your way in over many years and eventually you will afford Lavington. These days with a regular job, to save 100k for a millenial is not a big deal. I see them with apple iphones that cost that much. 100k can buy a plot in the far reaches of the outskirts of Nairobi. They can then build slowly (even if it takes ten years), before reaping the benefits of capital gains in the years to come, before repeating the process. There is really no excuse as far as I am concerned! The key is starting where one can afford, being patient, delaying gratification and being persistent and success is inevitable.

Isinya for starters: https://www.property24.c...sale-in-isinya-106677839