10 survival tactics of jobless Nairobi bachelorettes

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You can tell married woman in Nairobi from a mile away: She looks like she might do with a gym membership, her eyes are puffed after her toto cried half the night while her angled weave is indicative of hardships in achieving life-work balance. She might also wear the kind of face common among killer wives who might not have any qualms getting rid of hubby. These women survive from gainful employment, biasharas, inheritance, chamas, communal investments and husband’s small mercies.

But what of city bachelorettes...the kind without good jobs but seem to live large?