Show some sensitivity to the Kenyan situation! i am around the age you are talking about,not long ago i was jobless and in a real desperate situation for a few years with a good education and failed businesses behind me. . A car was a dream then. I know many pals in the same situation today. Kenya is a poor third world country.
Think about it
1. I drive,cause my folks are rich they can give me a car to drive,or connections.
2. Some mdosi can by his girlfriend a car.
3.There are cars that go for 35K
4.I drive a car on loan.
5. I stole to buy a car.
6. I am a wife batterer but my wife would rather cry in a mercedes than laugh in a citi hoppa
What is success? Anyway was it you complaining about your bro marrying a more educated chick? you need some education man,i can see you are at least getting some in SK.

Ninajua Yote!

@Caesar... This is the best post ever ...we washa!!!!...... of course after the sagana ones

success and failure is a mindset,if success to you is owning a car at 35,27 or 18... and hujamek that can be failure,kama ni starting a family,or buying a house or business whatever it is getting a PHD etal hiyo ni mindset yako,so whoever came with that,hiyo ni opinion yake and everyone has his own opinion.

I consider me successful if,I can take my ka beer whenever I feel like taking,and my rovry famiry is healthy.

Usichoke kutafuta salary

I believe the key lies in how one wants to measure success.

Even moreso,what goals did you set for yourself? I decided I was going to drive a BMW by age 30. Am there now na nina a car,but not my dream BMW. I dont own a house,but am putting that into perspective. My car does my ego lots of good. Now I can concentrate on life without bruised esteem etc and I feel good because a goalI set for myself is somehow being realised.

The biggest problem is this - u hit 30,35,40 and you look back and cant see what targets of urs are materialising...that is a failure situation.

Now every man WANTs a car,whether you need it or not. It is in men,so get real. Kama hauna,set a goal and even if u get it at age 50,it will still give you some satisfaction - and obviously in our society,inch u up a bit.

For me,I set a goal - when(not if) I hit it,ni success,if I miss the mark,I re-work it until I get it. If u take a loan,make sure u can repay comfortably without missing meals etc and leave enough to fuel,service and generally run the car.


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Why do people keep comparing a house and a car......for me the costs are so different that owning them should independant of one another!!!.....GET BOTH!!!!

....on a lighter note,some people are busy building houses lakini wamechosha watu na kuomba lift!!!!

Make money.....then you will enjoy all the fine things in life!!!

....it's fantastic,but not heaven! So,you are going home to ur own house,eh? Maybe u have 6.7M left to pay - and r paying 60K per month for it!! And month 11 a certain 'home owner' is fired from his job which pays the mortgage - what next? It's just over-rated! But if u can buy it cash or in 5 years and less- wow! then u r 'home n dry' and are a truly free kenyan.

For all intent n purposes,take the step when u can! It is a wise decision to own a house,but if it will take 15 years to pay the mortgage,tuliza,start investing instead. 40K a month invested steadily will give u more security in 15yrs than the house would if it is all u have. the 20K will rent u decent living in the meantime.

Life is also about living. Dont stop living to pay for a mortgage ati juu ya pressure. take step 1 now though - buy the land before it gets too expensive - now,if possible,tomorrow 28th April 2009!! Just set ur own targets - you will get there in due course.


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