When Kenya Was Kenya & Nairobians Had Spending Power, Disposable Income. 2003-2012

Hunters, Polos, Ibiza, Wallet, Hornbill, Heartz, Verandah, Zeep, Betty’s, Psys, Zigzag, Porter House, Wine Bar and Steps, Mad House… we could go on without taking a breath but we let it stop at Mad House.

Beck then there were no 4K TVs. They had big projection TVs wth low resolutions but people liked watching EPL on those screens.

LIFE IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS


This TV weighed 93KG, it was delivered by a pickup

5 Likes

My associate still has this in his store. Power guzzler like its Plasma successors.

1 Like

Then alcoblow happened, then kasongo decided hii pesa yote mnamumunya na milaya betties hata yeye anazihitaji akunywe chai nazo, now we are messed up.

1 Like

Enzi za Ubako ungelewa na ule Nyama kwa pub na Ksh 1500. I used to drink at SPIDERS hapo Tom Mboya Opposite Gill House. They had such TVs. Beer was 90 Bob, Guiness kubwa was 110

2 Likes

Uhuru na Ruto ndio walichapisha uchumi…

2 Likes

Used to Club hop from Spiders namalizia Simmers Kenyatta Avenue listening to live bands. Nairobi was good.

Ni kubaya kama biashara kama TRATORIA ilifilisika. Walilemewa na RENT ya CBD


.

3 Likes

Trattoria walifunga? They had a very rude doorman. Waluhya wanakuanga watu wajinga sana.

6 Likes

Kwani ulikuwa Kenya lini last mzeiya?

Many old flasgship businesses closed or relocated to other countries or neighborhoods.

Remember the SUIT Shop ile ilikuwa Kimathi Street hapo Old Mutual, what was the name. I think it was Kibaki’s family busines

Jamaa mjinga kweli huyu

Trattoria relocated at 20th Century House along Kaunda Street

Unakaa wewe na uptown ni kama Maji na stima

1 Like

FALA WEWE!

Nimesema hapo RELOCATED.
Can you compare the crowd today at Trattoria with the ones in 2006? Disposable income iko chini sana.

Jinga umesema walilemewa na rent CBD

Sijui ulidhani walienda ocha kwenu

1 Like

Sir Henry’s walifunga? It’s long since I was in the CBD. I used to shop there. Kenya inakufa polepole. We voted for a cunt.

3 Likes

Mimi ni wale wa visiting for 3 - 4 weeks. Not enough time to zunguka the old chuoms I knew. It comes with the territory of being in diaspora.

Next time vote with your heads.

Wee mzee stop romanticizing the past

Hapo ndio shida zilianza.
If RAO had won in 2013 and 2017 he would have continued with Kibaki’s momentum.
Kalonzo would have taken it in 2022 and probably done the same.

In the meantime this duo would have either been jailed or neutralised politically.

We never learn.

1 Like