20 Important Things No one will tell you about Nairobi

Before you visit Nairobi there are important things you should know that no one will tell you. Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya and many events occur. When you tour the city, you’ll face the following:

1. More than half of Nairobians are poor
2. Don’t fall asleep in pubic transport—you’ll be robbed!
3. It’s only in Nairobi where we have flying toilet
4. Water is more expensive than alcohol
5. When you’re being robbed, the best the crowd will do is take pictures
6. Nobody cares; everyone for themselves
7. It’s only in Nairobi where you’ll get more women than men boarding public transport at night to Nairobi CBD
8. Everyone is a suspect
9. It’s only in Nairobi where a woman earns Ksh 20,000 but lives in a Ksh 100,000 house and drives a Ksh 6 million car yet she’s not married
10. Everyone in Nairobi is a Manager, according to villagers
11. It’s only in Nairobi where you pay Ksh100 in a distance of 2 kilometres and Ksh 50 in a distance of 10 kilometres.
12. Rainfall dictates fare prices
13. Never carry money in a single pocket
14. Only less than 20,000 Kalenjins live in Nairobi
15. In matatu everyone is an enemy—People are quiet as if they’re going for a funeral
16. Only in Nairobi you can move a distance of 10 metres for 2 hours
17. Nairobi has 8,000 millionaires and 6 million hustlers
18. Taking three meals a day is a miracle
19. It’s not what you know but who you know
20. More than 80% of employed women cheat