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Saves trouble living within ones means

You have probably heard of the word “omoka”. It is a sheng term used by a section of young people in Kenya to imply that one has made it in life; but whose deeper connotation is instant gratification whereby an individual desires to attain his/her aspirations, mostly material in nature, within a short period of time and without delay or deferment.

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