

Rachel
@mamakibuyu
American expat in Kenya
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About me
American
Lives in Kilifi
Speaks English, a bit of Spanish, and Swahili (beginner!)
Registration: 06 June 2013
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moving to nairobi by agbahali
Habari mama Kibuyu though i suppose that isn't what you prefer to be called. Thanks for your informative post.It is the reason i am seeking to ask a question(I couldn't figure out how to post a qn to you) I am Kenyan but married to a non Kenyan.She ...

We don't have insurance. We priced some options but it seemed to us that it would be more expensive to have insurance than to pay our medical expenses on our own. Read More


moving to nairobi by agbahali
Habari mama Kibuyu though i suppose that isn't what you prefer to be called. Thanks for your informative post.It is the reason i am seeking to ask a question(I couldn't figure out how to post a qn to you) I am Kenyan but married to a non Kenyan.She ...

I'm kind of laughing about your experience because it was so similar to ours! They told us my application never arrived when we mailed it, but they had opened a file for it before we called to check on the status. They must have had it at one point ... Read More


moving to nairobi by agbahali
Habari mama Kibuyu though i suppose that isn't what you prefer to be called. Thanks for your informative post.It is the reason i am seeking to ask a question(I couldn't figure out how to post a qn to you) I am Kenyan but married to a non Kenyan.She ...

I have no idea about tax exemptions, first of all. We didn't ship anything - just brought our full luggage allowance on the plane and bought furniture and appliances when we arrived. We decided that my husband would figure out how to navigate the ... Read More


Internet in Nairobi by Hanniky
Hi guys, I'm new in Nairobi and within other things, I want to have internet at home. How it works here, like in Europe: router and you have wi-fi in the whole apartment or is it different. And of course the millions dollars question, which is the ...

I'm not in Nairobi, but we did try a couple of different internet solutions. We settled on a 3G modem, with a Safaricom SIM, plugged into a wireless router. We are paying about the same amount per month, but the connection is a million times more ... Read More