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Too woke to sleep? Insomnia increasingly common among stressed Kenyans

The phrase ‘giving women/men sleepless nights’ is now cliché, especially on social media. But many Nairobians feel the economy is the main reason they are having sleepless nights and not because of the looks or posts of certain men or women.

‘Meme lords’ have also taken their assignments well and now we have, ‘Mambo ni mengi, masaa ni machache’ (Issues are many, hours are few) and perhaps this is the challenge many Kenyans are currently going through; having too much work to do, but with such little time, all in the hope of earning enough money to cater for their endless bills.

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