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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/28/2015 Posts: 9,562 Location: Rodi Kopany, Homa Bay
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I am in shags for the holidays. Years back spending xmas in ushago used to be an unique experience where village life was very far removed from city life. There was no electricity, no running water, no phones, no TV, no internet, no banks, no rural transport etc.
But things have changed so much nowadays. People in ushago now have electricity, running water, flush toilets, 3G internet (thanks to safaricom/airtel/orange), smartphones, flat screen TVs, dstv/zuku, and boda boda motorbikes everywhere making rural transport so easy. Even the local shopping centre has a giant "mulika mwizi" street light and the local pub has a mega 50inch HD screen where wenyeji can watch arsenal and Man U. There are banking agents and mpesa shops making accessing money so easy.
In my opinion people in rural areas are enjoying a higher quality of life than city dwellers in that they have all the city conveniences in a clean, pollution free and very spacious environment.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,821 Location: Nairobi
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hardwood wrote:I am in shags for the holidays. Years back spending xmas in ushago used to be an unique experience where village life was very far removed from city life. There was no electricity, no running water, no phones, no TV, no internet, no banks, no rural transport etc.
But things have changed so much nowadays. People in ushago now have electricity, running water, flush toilets, 3G internet (thanks to safaricom/airtel/orange), smartphones, flat screen TVs, dstv/zuku, and boda boda motorbikes everywhere making rural transport so easy. Even the local shopping centre has a giant "mulika mwizi" street light and the local pub has a mega 50inch HD screen where wenyeji can watch arsenal and Man U. There are banking agents and mpesa shops making accessing money so easy.
In my opinion people in rural areas are enjoying a higher quality of life than city dwellers in that they have all the city conveniences in a clean, pollution free and very spacious environment. was thinking about that the other day... the shags people were what they were not by choice but by circumstance and now slowly getting these things. these seats are also going!!  All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Some wazuan has been telling us this all along
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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I left the big cities/towns and their lights way back in 1987. It's beautiful out here i can assure. Minimal stress. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/2/2006 Posts: 658
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@ Guka
When are you going coast....
Remember you promised to take this gal for a holiday...
Ama bonus bado haijafika?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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I understand KTDA had 2.5B in Imperial, wonder which bonus was eaten. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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Julie wrote:@ Guka
When are you going coast....
Remember you promised to take this gal for a holiday...
Ama bonus bado haijafika? Rwanda by road. April  @Chair,  . Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Member Joined: 12/2/2006 Posts: 658
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Cool.
Weka reminder on Valentines day
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/27/2009 Posts: 1,437
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The title of the thread Boss should be to the effect how Ushago has gained a lot of shine. The Ushago quality of life has improved a lot unlike our Cities and Towns which are worsening by the day.
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Rank: Chief Joined: 5/9/2007 Posts: 13,095
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Roads too, that used to ensure you are sure you are in shags due to the mateso they will make you go through especially when it rains, are being fixed. Time to start looking for that huge retirement farm in shags
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 5/5/2011 Posts: 1,059
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The quiet, you can sit on the grass watching youtube on your iPad, while taking a walk you can stop and take water at the clear stream (yes rivers in our shags are still drinkable) then in the evening grab a cold beer with the old man as we prepare to harvest wheat the next morning. With all this who would want to stay in Nairobi breathing car smoke in Uhuru highway traffic on a very hot afternoon To Each His Own
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/20/2009 Posts: 1,402
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Our Ushago is still Ushago, especially in terms of Roads
but stima, Telecoms ziko sawa.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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What is the price of land there like ?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
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streetwise wrote:What is the price of land there like ? Depends but general land in rural Kenya is not as overpriced as in towns. I gasp each time i see a plot going for 7 0r 8 digit figures. With 100M, you can get over 350 acres of land in Nyandarua. What can't you do with that? Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/27/2009 Posts: 1,437
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kayhara wrote:The quiet, you can sit on the grass watching youtube on your iPad, while taking a walk you can stop and take water at the clear stream (yes rivers in our shags are still drinkable) then in the evening grab a cold beer with the old man as we prepare to harvest wheat the next morning. With all this who would want to stay in Nairobi breathing car smoke in Uhuru highway traffic on a very hot afternoon I wish I could take early retirement in a farm or ranch far away from Nairobi. I envy the guys in places like Lessos, Mioro, Kiarutara and such other rural hamlets leading better quality life than the urban pretenders we are.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 9/11/2015 Posts: 1,024
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hardwood wrote:I am in shags for the holidays. Years back spending xmas in ushago used to be an unique experience where village life was very far removed from city life. There was no electricity, no running water, no phones, no TV, no internet, no banks, no rural transport etc.
But things have changed so much nowadays. People in ushago now have electricity, running water, flush toilets, 3G internet (thanks to safaricom/airtel/orange), smartphones, flat screen TVs, dstv/zuku, and boda boda motorbikes everywhere making rural transport so easy. Even the local shopping centre has a giant "mulika mwizi" street light and the local pub has a mega 50inch HD screen where wenyeji can watch arsenal and Man U. There are banking agents and mpesa shops making accessing money so easy.
In my opinion people in rural areas are enjoying a higher quality of life than city dwellers in that they have all the city conveniences in a clean, pollution free and very spacious environment. I agree.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/23/2011 Posts: 1,740 Location: Nairobi
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I am heading there, start planning early for every 100 shillings you invest in the city invest 1 shilling in rural and when the time comes you can settle down to a quiet life where you do not even need a gate and labour is almost free
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/30/2013 Posts: 254
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am tempted to buy land being sold at 500k an acre in oljororok ,Nyahururu,i buy five acres and retire
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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I love the Kenyan countryside....can't wait to retire in the bush somewhere. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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Is it true that there'll always be an 'ushago' or is it something that can/will come to an end?
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