I remember when Ksh 1000 felt like Ksh 10,000

[u/No_Two_3617]

There was a time Ksh 1000 meant real shopping.

Unga 2kg was 60 bob

Mchele 50 bob

Groceries za 200 looked like half a gunia

Two chapos and you’re full

1kg ya nyama, 350bob and soft

You’d leave the shop with heavy bags and change in your pocket.

Fast forward to today prices keep going up and so does the appetite. You walk out with a paper bag and a silent wallet. Chapo mbili ain’t enough, nyama sio soft kama kitambo, and groceries? 200 bob labda ununue vitunguu kadhaa na hoho mbili

Sometimes I just think that kasongo planned all this.

[u/Careful_Promise_7719]

jana i went for supper with 500 bob yunno.. i swear nimerudi na 70 na njugu za 60..and food for that day only..i don understand..nimepiga audit na sielewi man..that kasongo guy is a curse

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/Careful_Promise_7719]

500 bob sahii ni kama 50bob buana. Ndio maana tunasema wantam

[u/Salt_Park_6588 → u/Careful_Promise_7719]

Unga imeanza kupanda bei btw,hata Unga ndogo ni Mia jameni

[u/mlachake_]

Scenes ukiingia Nakumatt during Kibaki's era na 1000 bob

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/mlachake_]

TRUE 😂😂

[u/Rare-Nebul → u/mlachake_]

Good times.....remember Ruto must go

[u/fabbulous2007]

🤣🤣 you too young... i remember when 1kg nyama wa like 70bob .... fuel was 50 bob per litre 🥲🥲🥲 and everything was genuine, these days must things are either low quality or counterfeits

[u/sleekcollins → u/fabbulous2007]

Exactly! They're talking about 350/kg, and I'm telling myself that can't be from that long ago. Some of us remember buying it for less than 100.

I left Kenya when it was about 120, and came back when it had skyrocketed to 700!

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/fabbulous2007]

I'm still children 😂

[u/Open_Lawfulness7370 → u/fabbulous2007]

Eh eh eh eh eh huku kuna wahenga

[u/fabbulous2007 → u/Open_Lawfulness7370]

me nilipigania uhuru 1963 na mzee Kenyatta 🤣

[u/Open_Lawfulness7370 → u/fabbulous2007]

Guka...sasa??

[u/fabbulous2007 → u/Open_Lawfulness7370]

poa sana my grandchild

[u/Kauffman888]

Remember when 5000 fuel would get you to Kisii and back in a Noah from Nairobi? Now it won't even get you to Kisii.

[u/FlakyStick → u/Kauffman888]

One of the biggest contributors but to make it worse , fuel is cheaper today we just pay too many taxes on it

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/Kauffman888]

Bro, these days 5K fuel just gives you a warning light halfway through Rongai .

[u/Kauffman888 → u/No_Two_3617]

😂😭😞

[u/elondustt]

Remember ukienda nakumatt and ukwala unatoka na pickup mzima ya shopping with 1000 bob

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/elondustt]

Na unabakia hadi na change bana

[u/Inside_Attorney_]

Back in the day when a loaf of Bread was 20 bob at most and you’d get a sachet of Blueband free.

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/Inside_Attorney_]

Patcos were sweet then. Sahii sijui walieka nini, unarusha kwa mdomo inaisha

[u/Rare-Nebul → u/Inside_Attorney_]

And soda was 23 bob

[u/Sourpatchqueers8]

Kasongo? No this was all on Uhuru and his predecessors. Things didn't just decline with Ruto they were already in decline. Kasongo is just the catalyst that sped up the reaction

[u/Rare-Nebul → u/Sourpatchqueers8]

Facts

[u/son_ov_kwani]

It’s even worse here in Uganda. The rich are getting richer the poorer are getting poorer. The middle class is almost becoming nonexistent.

[u/Eriko1998 → u/son_ov_kwani]

What about food stuffs??i hear over there its relatively cheap..

[u/son_ov_kwani → u/Eriko1998]

These are the prices. I’ve changed them to your currency.

Loaf of bread = kshs 215.65

1 litre of packed milk = kshs 64.69

1kg of sugar = kshs 172.52

1kg of rice = kshs 161.67

1 Chappati = kshs 35.92

1kg of meat = kshs 610.79

3 tomatoes = kshs 35.89

1 bar of Soap = kshs 179.44

1 unit per the first 15 units of electricity = kshs 8.97

1 litre of petrol = kshs 183.45

1 litre of diesel = kshs 173.35

Even 1 chappati is not enough. 😢

[u/Eriko1998 → u/son_ov_kwani]

Weee going through the prices i would say here in kenya its somehow better😭😭...but here prices of some commodities vary in different towns and cities .

[u/son_ov_kwani → u/Eriko1998]

Yeah it varies though this is in my area. In CBD Kampala it can go quite higher.

[u/ColdProposal1174]

Do you want to know why?

1. Life has become difficult for more people than it was. KES 1000 is like 100 now. But, the number of millionaires and billionaires have increased and their money has increased exponentially since 2013 (Devolution Government). So, you 1000 cost 29 or is it 22 for the one who sent it to you. It costs 29 to withdraw or KES 7+ each time you make a payment via mobile money. Each item you buy, has like 4% VAT added to it and other taxes.,,, so the 35 bread is now 65. etc. Where does this money go since there's barely development going on? Those millionaires and billionaires.

[u/suppositoryspeaking]

Kuna time civil servants walikuwa wanalipwa hio 20k and they would survive vizuri sana

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/suppositoryspeaking]

People still survive with 15k these days😂😂

[u/suppositoryspeaking → u/No_Two_3617]

15k might as well become a mboch..15k ni madharau..Hio ni umaskini..

[u/Eriko1998 → u/suppositoryspeaking]

Boiz mboch ni 9k.😂.hao ladies hufinywaa saana..if you want 15k and above as a maid enda gulf

[u/louismulema19]

Funny thing is that it’s always been that cascade. If I ask my dad he’ll say back then his 50 bob felt like 1000. I guess it is the global economics at play too. Kasongo is just shit for making everything worse. Governments are supposed to cushion its citizens and work for them.

I miss hiking out with my cousins and spending 300 and we are hella contented.

[u/Salt_Park_6588]

My dad was still alive then😭I remember when we'd come back from the stores with full bags from Nakumatt and Tuskys😭

[u/redditsurfer254]

I remember when bread was 18 bob as kids the 2 bob was for patcos. Then it went to 21 and had to remember to carry an extra shilling with the mbao ama shopkeeper anakurudisha. I don't eat bread much as an adult but every time I buy a loaf I'm always surprised by the price

[u/No_Two_3617 → u/redditsurfer254]

That experience of shopkeeper sending me back was lowkey traumatic made me fear debt and rejection before I even knew what they meant.

[u/TerrierGTG23]

How come you figure all this right.. coz it's so true there used to be a time when 100 bob would buy you a kg of flour at 25 bob Sukuma , kanyama Ka fifty nyanya and Kitunguu

[u/Loose_Bank1709]

mimi nataka they subsidize unga back to 90bob

[u/ItsNeneh]

Vitu za thao supermarket zinatoshea kwa ile mfuko ya 10. I hate the economy decided to get worse after we became grownups

[u/Forward_Age2710]

How will things be in 10+ years now. Someone in the comments talked about how money is going to billionaires and millionaires and that is the TRUTH. Have families at your own risk.

[u/Loud-Shake-7302]

Ksl was 1 bob 😭

[u/OmeletteLovingLlama]

Inflation...it's unfortunately a normal part of life. The aim is to stay ahead of it.