Ingenious tactics Peasant Farmer uses to stay in business in Kenya

Of course by now you know the most common and trending Kenyan sayings. Such clever terms like ‘utume na ya kutoa’, ‘serikali imetenga’, ‘hakuna matata’ and ‘imara kama simba’ have recently been elevated to the ‘all-time best Kenyan sayings’.

Sayings like ‘kumi, kumi, kumi’ sang by two hawkers elling mitumba clothes during a market day should not be taken literally to mean the price of the second hand cloth is Sh10. It is actually 10 times 3 times 2 which gives you Sh60. And of course when a taxi driver tells you the common saying ‘niko tu hapa kwa kona. Hunioni?’, you should go back to your house, brew tea and watch news before they arrive.