Crossing my mind
By Trebor Ika
@Treborika (17661)
Mombasa, Kenya
September 20, 2022 7:19am CST
So it's mid afternoon in my country. The city is still quiet. The streets are not as busy as usual here. There is definitely no traffic at all on the avenues and streets of the second largest city of Kenya, Mombasa to be precise.
Perhaps this could be caused by the rising in prices of the petroleum products in the country following an advertisement made by the relevant authorities a couple of days back.
This takes place while the country is in its transition mode after the duly elected president assumes office recently.
What matters most is the higher inflation rate which have caused the rise in prices of almost everything in the country. Probably the people of Kenya are now crossing their minds on the fate of their lives despite the political instabilities that causes the ravage in the economy.
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7 responses
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Sep 22
Our prices are rising too but we’re better off than many countries. I see you’re from Kenya. I don’t know as much as I should about your country We do have jobs open and many businesses are hiring. Do you have jobs open in your country?
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
21 Sep 22
@Treborika I’m sorry. I hope everything works out for the best. It sounds very stressful.
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Sep 22
We barely have jobs here. The unemployment rate is 85% of the job demand in my country. Getting a job here is very stressful. The limited chances are sold, if you don't have connections you can't get one. Impunity and corruption is very rampant.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Jan 23
@Treborika The raising of prices really is such an issue in so many places. It's quite scary! 
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
11 Jan 23
@Treborika I'm sorry to know that. 
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
10 Jan 23
In the developing countries like Kenya the situation sucks so much
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
11 Jan 23
@VivaLaDani13 The prices can never go down even if they are supposed to be so
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Sep 22
I wonder whether and till when the war can end. It has really impacted our lives negatively.
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
20 Sep 22
@Treborika What made you think that! We are crazy here with our economy.
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Sep 22
@CarolDM You know the Us government has a lot of money that is what we believe. So no matter how hard it's strucked by the world wide inflation which is caused by the Russian-ukraine war it's economy still remains uprightly.
@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Sep 22
But I thought your economy is somehow upright.
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@cabuyogty (2966)
• Philippines
21 Sep 22
I hope you can still make lot of profits for a living everyday
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
21 Sep 22
I am struggling for sure things here are really tough
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@Treborika (17661)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 Sep 22
@DaddyEvil Thanks for letting me know this.
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@DaddyEvil (137249)
• United States
20 Sep 22
@Treborika I'm sorry, this isn't for you. It's for the new person that just started on myLot. If you look at what I wrote, it's addressed to the newbie, not you.
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