BULLSH!T.
Nairobi and Kenya in general is only good if you are working for a Multinational and getting paid by their country’s pay scale. Let say work for Siemens or Bosch Africa.
Summary:
Expatriate
Why specifically a multinational? What if you are being paid well but not working for a Multinational?
Anyway, Kenya is a great country to live in, if you can overlook the lack of security. But not Nairobi.
Nairobi is a poorly planned urban eye-sore. But if you are being paid well enough, you can always escape to the better parts of Kenya and recharge/enjoy.
100%.
Nairobi is among the best places to live in Africa but there is a requirement. That life is not available to the 4 million peasants. It is for people earning good cash only.
There are a few thousand people who [SIZE=5][COLOR=rgb(247, 218, 100)]live[/SIZE] a good life in Nairobi. Money compensates for all the deficiencies.
Ile story ya:
Roads are bad = buy SUV
Schools are bad = watoto private school
Estates are bad = Gated communities
Etc etc
The vast majority nairobi types [COLOR=rgb(247, 218, 100)]SURVIVE on less then 20% of total Nairobi land mostly in slams
If you can earn an EU or US payrate and spend it in Kenya then you can live like a king. In 2006/2007 I was lucky to have purchased household items from one such an expatriate, the fvcker was from Austria. He was living an EU life in Kenya. Nice German car, 6 bedroomed house in Muthaiga fully furnished, own compound etc. I bought a Bosch fridge from him and it is still runner today 15 years later. No refrigerant refill, no fridge guard, on its door the sticker says 20 years warranty on compressor, I believe it now.
But he was renting the house. Very rare to get a International company keep you in Nairobi permanently at Western rates. It is everyone’s dream though. They usually adjust as they grow. So once they set up office, you will be given a position at adjusted rates. So yeah you will be highly compensated, but not Silicon Valley rates.
Tell that to 4 million bonobo living in slums eating roadkill muturas.
maybe for expats only
And sewage water flowing just alongside your apartment. Thugs waylaying you as early as 7pm