Living in Rongai is one of the hardest punishments you can inflict on yourself as a person. The place looks cool on paper, but in reality, there are more problems there than on a Mathematics exam paper. Here are some of the common disadvantages of living in Rongai
You take forever to get home
Rongai is already far away kilometer-wise. Add the fact there is traffic jam too and you get one hell of a journey. My colleague Joe stays in Rongai. Every evening whenever he’s about to go home, we always tell him “Safiri Salama”.
According to Aljazeera, the ten most stressful places to reside in Nairobi, include estates like Kibera, mathare and Mukuru. However, the only reason Rongai didn't make the cut is maybe because the researcher reporting the data is still trapped somewhere in traffic jam along magadi Road on his way there.
The fare is crazy
Rongai peeps pay upto 300 bob sometimes in fare. And they never complain. I think it’s the fact that they’ve been brainwashed by extremely cool matatus. The price of public transportation has been increasing so quickly that every Rongai resident has to struggle with budgeting fo it with what they receive for their salaries.
Chicks flake on you
If you are a young unmarried guy living in Rongai, you’ll really have a hard time getting chicks to come to your place coz of the distance. You’ll always get excuses like “Aki mum amenituma mahali. Sitamek kukam leo”. No wonder Rongai peeps suffer the most drys spells. Most times they are forced to zero graze on the chics in their area, thus creating too much competition
Your friends rarely visit you too
Then you end up being a lonely fella who wants to commit suicide. Be strong
Shit is expensive
Basic commodities are expensive in Rongai. Try buying n apple in Rongai – and you’ll end up convincing yourself that fruits are not important. And there’s a long list of items in Rongai that are priced higher by at least 12% than in most places in Nairobi. What a shame
Insecurity in some areas
Especially that place called Kware. You can’t stay for two weeks without getting robbed
Matope mob
When it rains, Rongai peeps come to town looking like they are straight out of potato farms.
You also have to tolerate the jokes
Mara ati sijui diaspora….mara passport…bla bla. Rongai resients are the recipients of all the jokes on social media. Too bad for them, because unless people start commuting from Nakuru to Nairobi, Rongai will always be the place to make fun of.
Lack of water in some places
This is a common problem in most pats of Nairobi. But Rongai peeps have enough problems already. I’m guessing this is one they would have at least been glad not to have
Rent is crazy
The rates of rents are outrageously out of sync with the rest of the city. The rates depend on which borough you live, but they’re generally among the most expensive in the whole country. The rates can only get you so much space. Most regular folks live here with roommate in tiny spaces
Source: Ghafla
