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While the poor are skipping meals and the middle-class are feeling the pinch of high unga prices, flamboyant city lawyer Donald Kipkorir recently stated that, “I even don’t know the price of things like fuel, food and such.
I’m never bothered by these price changes as they don’t affect me. If it were property prices going up, now that would get my attention,” he said.
His seems to be a life of plenty enjoyed by the super-rich in Kenya, who would spend Sh1,000 on one meal.
Olive who works with the UN in Nairobi says, “People think that the supper rich eat ridiculous things for breakfast, but that is a lie. We like things that are healthy. Sh1,000 is enough for breakfast and will cater for bread at Sh86, fruits-bananas and oranges for Sh220, cheese for Sh500 and a packet of fresh juice for Sh195.
The champagne life stereotype is misleading, as that only happens during vacations.”
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