To celebrate Kenyas 10th anniversary, the five shilling ceremonial coin was released.
Hii ya 2bob ilikua yaitwa “Rufia”, dont know wheather it had anything to do with former Nairobi mayor Charles Rubia.
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In the early 90s, Greatwall fom China hit the market by storm and every hse had a tv.
Kuna kascreen kengine tulikua twaeka inakua “coloured”
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kama bado uko na yako weka mbisha
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Reddy Kilowatt alienda wapi
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Note there was no fuel cost charge, ERC levy, REP levy and FOREX ADJ.
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@Purr_27 alipo ingia Nairobi
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Mtwapa Ferry, early 70s
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Mobutu Seseseko
Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga
President of Zaire.
@Mzee mzima for a mzinga this weekend tuonyeshe the country that was Zaire on the African map.
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Hii stove ulikua waenda kuzimia inje
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I think rufia had to do with the Indian Rupee.
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Him a gwan dung a JA…
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rufia/rubia (rupia/lupia in Lunje) was an african corruption of the indian rupee…one of the currencies, alongside the british pounds, shillings and cents used during the construction of the railway and early colonialism. the luhya still use sendi (cents)/chisendi to refer to money.
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who were JPS and KSAC?
JPS is the Jamaican Public Service company which is the kenya power ya JA. KSAC stands for Kingston and St. Andrews Corporation, basically kanju ya Jamaica.
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hehe nice
sawa stevo
“Rufia” was the corrupted form of Rupee, the Indian form of currency.
Reddy kilowatt the license to use “him” expired and was never renewed.
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rink? ama hizi ni zile story za mogoka zikishika?
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No wonder my grandma refers to money as ‘thendi’!!
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There’s was an article in Daily Nation sometime back explaining that.
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