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Payday, mayday. Anthony Oliech, who works in a dry cleaner in Nairobi, thinks of payday with the same anxiety believers consider the apocalypse. Within moments of receiving his pay, the bills gobble it up.
A debt here, an unforeseen expense there and he is left with very little in his pockets.
After a little shopping for food, he visits a wines and spirits outlet in the estate and stocks up. Then the cycle begins again: a thankless 30-day toil, an unmotivated hobble to the next payday and tightening the belt.
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