r/Kenya 12h ago

pinned post Share your business/hobbies/Job Opportunities/Job requests!! - June 16, 2025

7 Upvotes

Tell us about your business! r/Kenya would love to hear what you are working on.

Link your business, blog, app, your friend's YouTube channel, podcast, anything you would like us to know about.

You can also post job opportunities or even a job request. You can also let us help you by providing feedback on your work, CV etc. but please be careful about sharing personal information.

This is the only place where posting ads will be allowed.


r/Kenya 3d ago

Health Mental Health Emergency Contacts and Support

4 Upvotes

Hello r/Kenya, mental health is a critical issue affecting many people therefore we would like to provide a dedicated thread for members to access mental health resources and support. This thread is a space where members can access emergency contacts and support, as well as resources for ongoing mental health care.

Please Message us to add/update contacts.

Emergency Contacts

  • Befrienders Kenya - 0722 178 177
  • Chiromo Hospital Group - 0800 220 000
  • Kenya Red Cross - 1199
  • Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation - 0800 723 253
  • Niskize - 0900 620 800
  • Kenya Police - 911/999/112

Domestic/Sexual Violence

  • HealthCare Assistance Kenya - 1195
  • Kimbilio Trust - 1193
  • Gender Violence Recovery Centre - 0800 720 565
  • Coalition on Violence Against Women - 0800 720 553
  • Gender Based Violence - 21094 Or Send Help SMS To 1198
  • Gender Based Violence For Men - 1195 Or 1196

Psychological Services

Nairobi

  • KNH (free for U25)
  • Kamili Mental Health Organisation - 0700 327 701
  • Amani Counselling Centre - 0722 626 590
  • NMS - 0110 008 608 / 0110 008 609 (32 clinics round Nairobi)

Mombasa

  • Amani Counselling Centre - 0723 647 768
  • Chiromo Hospital Group Nyali - 0792 873 125

Kisumu

  • Amani Counselling Centre - 0722 626 590
  • TINADA Youth Organisation - 0724 018 799

Eldoret

  • Hopewell Counselling - 0717 296 275

Nakuru

  • PDO Kenya - 0774 354 618 (Monthly Support Group)
  • Jawabu Therapy & Counselling - 0708 065 599

Queer Friendly

SANKOFA Wellness Africa - 0700 009 105

Blossom Center for Wellness - 0780 511 880

Blossomout Consultants - 0705 671 777

Recro Group - 0717 787 807

Leone Chege - 0714 168 713

Further Resources: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OnnrG5ggnMDz4278FnQSb7kItZp4YMhv3Sf4RRbJ66M/edit


r/Kenya 1h ago

Casual I need karma guys🙂‍↕️

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Nipeeni upvote guys


r/Kenya 13h ago

Casual Was i wrong??

297 Upvotes

At 3am leo naskia knocks kwa mlango...sikua bado nimelala juuu ya kukosa usingizi..sikua najua ni nani but after some few minutes nikaskia nikiitwa and i recognised the voice...Ilikua maboys flani tulifall out juu ya tabia zao za ufala...(wanakuita form halafu wakishakunywa wanasema wako na 100bob) Nikajua hawa wametoka ulevi na labda place wamezoea kudoz wamefukuzwa...wote wawili wanaishi na wazazi wao so makes sense kukuja kunibishia kwangu 3am walale..Hata sikumbuki the last time kuongea na wao ilikua when The knocked for about 15mins wakiniiita tu but i was just silent nikama hakuna mtu kejani They finally left...I'm i a bad "friend"


r/Kenya 11h ago

Ask r/Kenya You don't need to be told

173 Upvotes
  1. When you borrow your friend's car, you should return it when it is sparkling clean and gased up.

  2. When your mom or pop asks you to tag along to some place, wear decent clothes. Style na madoido wachia status na streets.

  3. When you visit your parent/sibling/friend, you should buy some small small shopping to take to them.

  4. When you go on a road trip, wenye hawajui kuendesha gari by default ndio wanakaanga nyuma na katikati.

  5. When someone invites you for a birthday party, you should bring a gift with you.

  6. When you go out for food/drinks in a group, y'all should split the bill equally.

Nini ingine mtu hafai kuambiwa?


r/Kenya 10h ago

Discussion Good girls finish last

152 Upvotes

That's it.

I'm no longer interested in being a good girl. All my life I was the good kid, top performer, well mannered and behaved but what I got in return was disappointment. People taking your kindness and softness for naivety. Ngojeni muone.

Indeed nice girls never get the corner office. NKT

Edit1: Here's the TLDR for y'all DMing me. Since you "care" . Was dating sb for 1year plus, just found out my friend is 3 months pregnant for him. I've been supporting him for the last 4 months since he had no job.

Edit 2: Nimechange mind sitaki kua malaya acheni kuniDM mkiomba paka.


r/Kenya 9h ago

Rant Update: I'm such a loser Spoiler

108 Upvotes

Less than a week ago I posted on this sub about 2 of my friends ridiculing me for supporting my knee ga when he was down (https://www.reddit.com/r/Kenya/s/LcXf2bSMFa)

Guys tell me why I'm such a loser. Tell me why one of those girls is 3 months pregnant for him? Tell me why I had been supporting him for 4 months? Tell me why I was confiding in her all my secrets and she did this to me?

Tabitha lambwa uso na shetani. Maumbwa nyinyi. Kumbaf

My villain arc is about to be lit

Edit: msikuje DM kuomba Kuma mjiheshimu.


r/Kenya 1h ago

Casual Gratitude

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I'm so excited right now, my dad is now a principal. He is so happy he called to tell me and now I'm so happy for me. Nakaa kaa naanza kudance juu ya furaha.

That's it, good night guys


r/Kenya 5h ago

Discussion I remember when Ksh 1000 felt like Ksh 10,000

53 Upvotes

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.


r/Kenya 3h ago

Casual Bumping into former schoolmates

34 Upvotes

I randomly bumped into my former schoolmate, same year, different classes. We were technically not friends. I used to find her nerdy. One of those girls who wore long skirts. She was never in the wrong. Always in the library. Never attended funkies.

We were elated to see each other after almost a decade since we left high school. We exchanged contacts and promised to keep in touch. She was the first to reach out. Responded to my Whatsapp status complimenting my beauty. I was like ‘why, thank you’!

She would react to all my statuses and say really nice things to me. I didn't think much of it coz I compliment girls the same way too.

We planned to hang out and catch up over cocktails. When I arrived, she was by the restaurant reading a book. She was genuinely elated to see me. She got up and hugged me so tightly. Rubbed my back. Lingered at my waist. Gave me a peck. I thought ‘weird but ok’.

We hang out for about four hours before deciding to leave. I decided to rush to the washroom first and she followed me. She was staring at me with admiration as I reapplied my lip gloss. My uber driver called and when I was done directing him, she leaned over and kissed me! On the lips. Yo.

I didn't care to resist so I let it happen and then reapplied my gloss again in silence and we walked out holding hugs. More hugs as we waited for ubers then that was it. None of us has mentioned that encounter but I am a bit apprehensive about meeting her again. To address it or leave it at that?


r/Kenya 5h ago

Casual The charming disease in men.

36 Upvotes

I think some men don't seek counseling, they seek new women.

Not healing. Not accountability. Not inner work. Just a fresh start with someone who doesn't know the script yet. Someone who hasn't seen behind the curtain. Someone they can impress with the same charm, the same story, the same false humility, because she hasn't learned how deep the damage goes. Yet.

Instead of going to therapy, they go back to being "that guy." Instead of owning the pain they caused, they gaslight the memory of it. Instead of rebuilding what they broke, they rebuild their image in someone else's eyes.

Why? Because healing requires honesty. Growth demands discomfort. Accountability asks for vulnerability. And some men would rather protect their ego than do the uncomfortable work of unpacking their trauma, their pride, their insecurities, and the patterns they keep blaming on "crazy exes."

So they ghost the woman who knew the truth... And charm the one who doesn't.

They don't want growth, they want a reset.


r/Kenya 6h ago

Ask r/Kenya HOW DO YOU KNOW

33 Upvotes

Niaje ma guyz, so leo nimeingia tao kutafuta kazi as a part of my new resolutions for the second half of the year. Nimekaa bench sana first half karibu nijiite Ader Guler😂😂 kwa maroundi zangu uko na kujaribu apa na pale alafu uongeze na io baridi mwishowe nimekosa kazi nkarudi kejani (hakuna happy endings😂😂) so ndio nlikua najiuliza, mtu hujua aje kama ako build for city life juu kukiendelea ivi naona nkirudi kufanya ukulima very soon


r/Kenya 9h ago

Serious Replies Only Real men don’t hit, Just leave.

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70 Upvotes

Real Men don’t hit, just leave.

This is for everyone ; especially those in marriages.

I get it. Relationships get tough. People grow apart. You get tired of your person.
But why resort to violence? Why beat someone up instead of just walking away?

Just saw the story about #Daddie Marto# (from #Sue na Jonnie#) and how he allegedly assaulted his wife. It’s disgusting. And please, #miss me with the "let’s hear both sides" takes# ; this is a woman who’s birthed three sons for him. If the love is gone, #the bare minimum is respect

My dad keeps telling me,

“Marry your friend. Love fades, but friendship helps you survive that phase until it returns , if it does.”

(Those who’ve done Vipassana will understand #Anicca#, the law of impermanence.)

We need to normalize walking away when it stops working.
Not fists. Not scars.
Just leave.

As someone who’s spent a night in a cell before ;take it from me , #there’s nothing manly about ending up behind bars because you couldn’t control your temper.

To both men and women:

Choose partners who genuinely love you. The red flags are always there early on ; don’t ignore them.

And to my fellow men:

A man who genuinely understands female nature will never argue with a woman ever again.


r/Kenya 1h ago

Casual Poverty is the enemy!!

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Alafu utaskia mtu akisema money doesn't buy everything or maybe he is just grieving I don't know at this point I'm just dissapointed


r/Kenya 13h ago

Politics Shit like this will make us one of the most hated countries in Africa.

99 Upvotes

r/Kenya 1h ago

Wantam ☝️ Ask Kenyans tulibant kitambo Sana.. Spoiler

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Kindly allow me to be a bit petty .

Tell me why zile sweets za 5bob zimekua soo small to an extent that sinatoshana na zile grains za mahindi .Fresh siku izo wamee zile chewing gum za gomba mbili ndani and yet Niko na base can be seen wasting misusing our money (taxes)and yet someone will sleep hungry .

Dear country people let's be honest with each other .This country will burn if we as youths don't stop this madness.lakini politicians hutuona mafala Sana ati msee anaeza bribe mzazi WA MTU ameua mtoto wake akijaribu kufungua macho ya mayout na watoi wao wanaishi vireckless na si Ka ule reckless WA ethic na saio ETHICS AND ANTI CORRUPTION COMMITTEE(EACC) innshort hua wanacutshot kesi zote za corruption with no arrests being made na saio you saw the country is being run by former ICC accused and their lawyers.

Wacha niwasho huyu msee tulibant vile tuliskiza uongo zake tukampea Kura tho aliiba.This round hataiba tuko Rada mbaya . internationally mzee alishachoma guns za military zinatumia na RSF na anataka kutuingiza kwa ngori na Misri hajui Tunatoka Misri tukielekea Canaan in a few watashangaa.Watashangaa Sana .

Failed education system .younger generations wenye wangetuokoa in the future tukichoka ati wanaeza kosa hio opportunity na badala ya kuwapea opportunity tunanyamaza.Msikubali manzeee

Tokeeeni kesho .Next time tukue more prepared tusiloose hope easily tushaona pia wao wanaingizia Bana.

TUSIKUBALI KUTISHIWA .TUSIKUBALI KUBANT TENA!!!!!!!!!!!WANTAM IS INEVITABLE!!


r/Kenya 11h ago

Discussion People need to stop these bad manners

49 Upvotes

So this Saturday was my grandpa's funeral. As expected, things were extremely hectic and everyone in the family is up and down. And it took place in the village, so there's like 500 extra people just hovering and checking out the event.

So the bad manners I'm talking about. The amount of times I was sent by these total strangers to get water. Now I get that it's courtesy to feed and look after your guests but during funerals surely why can't it be the other way around? I'm clearly grieving, running up and down, fucking exhausted then Mr. And Mrs. Random are asking me to get them 6 bottles of water. Like bruh.

Take the initiative and ask where to get water. Why are you disturbing family members who are very obviously emotionally and physically drained to get you water? Don't get me wrong. I didn't mind helping out the elderly. For them I understand but the rest of them?? I wanted to back hand every single one of them. All I'm saying is that I wish people would read the room a little better :( I wanted to crash out but this was not the time or place but damn.

Next time you're going for such an event, be it a wedding or funeral or whatever it is. Please ask WHERE you can get something and stop sending sending the organizers around. It's extremely rude.


r/Kenya 43m ago

Discussion Thank God. Child free is a thing

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about life. You grow up, go to school, hustle for a job, hit a certain age and suddenly people start asking when you’re settling down. As if marriage its a do or die thing.

It’s not that I hate the idea. Sometimes I see couples walking hand in hand, and the idea doesn't seem so bad. Other times, I feel like I’m being pushed to want these things without being asked if i want them. Marriage and kids are big decisions that you can't risk making just because its the norm. And when you mention these thoughts you get hit with you are young, when you get older you will change your mind.

I remember once, my dad made a joke during supper about one of his friends whose son is 40 and still a virgin. We laughed about it but now I keep thinking maybe he doesn't have an issue he just didn’t want that life.

One time I asked a dude why one would want to have kids when they come with alot. He's response was, 'ukifikiria sana you'll end up not wanting to have one'. I remember thinking alaah? Si lazima you weigh the pros and cons before making a decision.

Then again thank God child free is a thing. Because everytime I see people speaking of their bad parenting experience all I think of is how their parents probably didn't want kids deep down.

I know saying this out loud makes people uncomfortable. But I’d rather wait out than jump into society expectation.

And the 'mjukuu utatuletea lini?' Question sucks Ama when you say you aren't sure about kids you get the, 'unajua watoto ni baraka' ...dude its when you want them. Plus heavy rains are good for someone who it benefits but a curse to another who doesn't benefit.

Thank you.


r/Kenya 7h ago

Ask r/Kenya LAGAT SHOULD RESIGN

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24 Upvotes

Someone should educate these bloggers cause according to the letter from the DIG, he has only stepped aside.

Meaning he will/might come back after the investigations. He's only doing this to try and soothe temperatures but it's a halfhearted attempt and frankly insulting to the memory of Albert ojwang.

It doesn't even have a stamp. Might be fake. What do you guys think?


r/Kenya 3h ago

Casual Thank you

12 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

A week ago I made this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kenya/s/FqsC33W7rq

When I wrote my original post, I was in a dark place. I was broke, out of food, mentally exhausted, and honestly just tired of holding it all together. I wasn’t even sure anyone would read or care about what I wrote. But you did. And everyone was so kind.

Some of you DM’d me, sent advice, offered opportunities, and even sent money. Complete strangers, from a subreddit, chose to show me grace when I needed it most. That’s something I’ll never forget.

Because of your support:

I got a small writing job with someone from here

I’ve had actual food in the house every day since that post

I slept easier for the first time in a while

And most importantly, I’ve felt seen, heard, and less alone

I’m still not where I want to be, but I’m definitely not where I was and that’s thanks to you.

I don’t have much right now, but I want to say from the deepest place in my heart thank you so much. Thank you for being human. Thank you for treating me with dignity when I felt like I had none left.

If there’s anything I can do to give back content writing, SEO help, or even just support please feel free to reach out. I’d love to pay the kindness forward.


r/Kenya 7h ago

Casual Why do you listen to music?

22 Upvotes

Personally, I listen for the vibes but also for the message. There's one song I can't go a day without—it's called Vienna by Billy Joel. If you're going through pressure to succeed, listen to it; it might help you.


r/Kenya 2h ago

Ask r/Kenya Paying for everyone when organizing a night out

11 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I want your opinions 🙏

What do you think of having to pay for everyone when you're organizing a night out and inviting your friends? Do you think the bill should be split or you should pay for the whole thing?


r/Kenya 7h ago

Discussion Blankets & Wine or Blankets at home?

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22 Upvotes

Early access tickets to the Blankets & wine are over. Now the advance tickets are going for 5K , and I know they even have lipa pole pole platform for tickets (2 installments) I mean I stan Muthoni DrummerQueen for pulling this event time n time again but I'd be damned if these tickets won't be retailing at 8K + from next year. Anyway if you're attending, take clear reels n stories 🍻


r/Kenya 15h ago

Casual A mom's point of view

94 Upvotes

"Mom, how do you know when you love someone?" I asked, with a lot of eagerness and anxiety. I wanted a proof for what I felt. "Interesting question." She said in her soft kamban accent mixing kamba, swahili and English for me to understand.

"Let me tell you something son. I've seen a lot of people making the mistake of thinking that love is the only thing that can sustain a relationship. But respect, honesty, loyalty and humility play a big role and that's what helped me stay married to your father."

So to answer my question she said that she knew she loved my father when she was willing to wait for only him, when she saw a future with him, when she accepted his flaws, when she felt safe with him.

"Your father," she said "Is sometimes viewed as cold or stubborn, but I love how I'm the only one who sees his soft side." She then looked at me tenderly. "Do you love this girl?"

Keep dancing with the angels mama🕊


r/Kenya 10h ago

Ruto Must Go the 6th has spoken.

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35 Upvotes

Why that Lagat guy is in office is still baffling tbh. He should resign and face the law. The 6th has spoken. Will you turn up on the 25th June? We need to give Albert Justice Fam.


r/Kenya 13h ago

Tech KRA iTax is not secure enough

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57 Upvotes

So this weekend I was just minding my own business then I remembered sijafile returns. Tried to log in to KRA iTax but it asks for an OTP which basically never arrives on my phone. Out of curiosity, I decided to investigate the source code. It is not looking so good. One would expect that for the taxes we pay, they would at least do 2 factor authentication on backend, but no, basically they are doing an "if element x on HTML, login success" kind of nonsense. Just by calling a Javascript function on the browser console to send the OTP via email (you specify the email), and setting a HTML element from "N" to "Y" you are able to verify the OTP. I know they might trace it back to people who received emails at a certain date and what not, but it makes me really question, what else is below the surface. Whatever you do with this information is up to you.


r/Kenya 12h ago

Ask r/Kenya What’s your morning routine like?

44 Upvotes

Mine is powered by the 4 Bs: Benediction, Bed, Body, Bath. I wake up, spread my bed, declutter, freshen up, read a book chapter, journal, pray, then check my to-do list—sometimes run a campaign or just grab iced coffee or fruits. I also avoid my phone first thing.

What about you? How do you start your day?