The good, the bad and the funny: 10 strange habits of city residents during trying times

Nairobians have a bad habit they just won’t abandon: sharing private talks with commuters so loudly in PSVs.

Three men sharing a room would fork out Sh9 a month while the well off lived in Kaloleni for Sh18.

The ethnic boundaries between pre-colonial Kenyan communities were fluid. All communities ensured negative ethnicity was still-birthed.

Ian Henderson brought Kenya’s Emergency to an end and was awarded two George Medals -highest honours for a non-military officer

Kenya is the undisputed champ of the stamina-sapping 3000 metres men’s steeplechase. With 21 cumulative Olympic medals - 10 of them solid gold, no country has ever spiked our ‘Cheps’ in the chase for the past 45 years. It all began with Amos Biwott winning Gold during the 1968 Mexico Olympics. The then 21-year old outsprinted compatriot Benjamin Kogo to silver position after tickling the crowd with the comically rustic jumping of barriers with both feet.

We all thought obesity and weight issues were Western afflictions fit for the First World in line with bad eating habits.