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Young upwardly-mobile suburban professionals taking over Nairobi

Yuppyism has arrived in Kenya. Young upwardly-mobile suburban professionals (commonly referred to as yuppies) in Nairobi are deserting their roots and getting together to live affluent lifestyles marked by strange addictions and affectations. Their ancestors must be turning in their graves. This new group of Kenyans are self-absorbed and see themselves as too sophisticated for the local scene, too sexy for Kenya.

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