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Kenyans in diaspora spend a fortune to ship curtains from home
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (1078+ words) Curtains displayed at Blessed Home Curtains along Tom Mboya street in Nairobi on July 28,2026. When Mercy Akoth moved to Canada nearly three years ago, she quickly discovered that setting up a home away from Kenya came with unexpected costs, particularly…...
Abuja Street Sweeper: The Women Working Before the City Wakes
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (484+ words) Before Abuja’s streets fill with vehicles, workers and the morning rush, Gift Habila is already at work. At about 4:30 a.m. each day, while much of the city is still asleep, Gift prepares food for her six children before setting out…...
Cost of Living Nairobi: Expat Budgets Jump 6%
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1667+ words) One email, every weekday morning. African markets, politics and business — filed from our newsroom in Rio. Yesterday’s subject line: “Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with the UAE” —The stakes. Nairobi remains East Africa’s main expat duty station, so housing and schooling…...
Video: Mama fua's KSh 5k bedsitter in Mwihoko wows Kenyans with neatness
4+ day, 46+ min ago (263+ words) A laundry worker known as Njeri has become an unlikely internet sensation after a home-tour video of her tidy Mwihoko bedsitter went viral on TikTok, leaving Kenyans genuinely impressed by how much she has done with very little. For KSh…...
All booked: Kenyan mum paints own house in Canada after failing to find painter
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (375+ words) Nyambura Arnold, a Kenyan living in Canada, recently picked up a paintbrush to colour her own walls; not out of passion, but because securing a professional painter proved far harder than she ever anticipated. Back in Kenya, Arnold said, painting…...
Charlene Ruto-Linked Easton Apartments Upgraded Along Jogoo Road
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (191+ words) Easton Apartments, a residential complex linked to President William Ruto's daughter Charlene, has undergone significant renovations along Nairobi's Jogoo Road. Easton Apartments, a residential complex located along Nairobi's Jogoo Road in the Eastlands area, has undergone significant renovations, drawing public…...
Ruto hands over keys to 220 homeowners at Chepalungu Boma Yangu Estate
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (260+ words) President William Ruto hands over homes at the Chepalungu Affordable Housing Project in Bomet. Speaking during the handover, Ruto said affordable housing would enable more Kenyans to live closer to jobs and businesses while reducing pressure to subdivide productive farmland…...
A Vietnamese woman in her 30s works as a domestic helper in Australia, is given keys by her clients, and is paid 1 million VND per hour.
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (1058+ words) In Australia, domestic work is one of the jobs that provides a good income for Joy Nguyen. Every morning at 9:30, after dropping her children off at school, Joy Nguyen (born in 1986, Sydney, Australia) drives to her clients' homes in the…...
“It’s a disgrace”: Mzansi reacts to R4.5 million Bo-Kaap 2-bedroom house
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (246+ words) A South African property reviewer is going viral after tearing apart the asking price of a Bo-Kaap home listed on Property24 for R4.5 million. Nihal Jhavary, known for his honest walk-throughs of listed homes, posted the video on TikTok, and it quickly…...
Rurusama enters homeowner era, admits she's 'more anxious than excited"
1+ week, 12+ hour ago (279+ words) Local cosplayer-actress Rurusama has bought herself a new crib, she announced in an Instagram post on Saturday (Sept 5). In another post on the same day, Rurusama gave a pre-renovation tour of the three-bedroom condominium unit, adding that she had fallen…...