How the rich splurged on pizza and fuel after Covid lockdowns

Months after being holed up in their homes avoiding crowded places like shopping malls and offices, Nairobi’s affluent emerged from isolation to splurge on fast foods and fuel.   

Official data shows that rich households’ spending on prepared foods such as pizza, hamburgers, coffee, hot dogs and nachos as well as on diesel and petrol in September rose by 15.38 per cent, 7.38 per cent and 5.96 per cent, respectively.