10 clever ways to survive the economic crunch

A man showing an empty wallet. (Courtesy)

The rains are back, but they have found Kenyans a dour lot. Everything costs twice what it used to. Businesses are shutting down left, right and centre, and it has gotten nearly impossible to string together back-to-back beef/chicken dinners. The government doesn't seem to have any handy solutions, and Kenyans must find clever ways of surviving the harsh economic outlook. Here are some ways to do so:

1. Oversleeping

A key strategy for escaping the lure of breakfast. You don't have to worry about breakfast if you wake up at lunchtime. They claim breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but that energy mostly gets wasted on traffic jams and early-morning gossip sessions with your work hubby. If anyone asks, you're doing brunch for weight loss, not because sausages will bankrupt you.