Seen Comprehension-04 Alim ( A Kenyan Family )

  A Kenyan Family

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Hello. My name's Charles Karoro and I'm a banker. My salary's okay but the day to day expenses in Nairobi are pretty high. Both housing and food are costly in the capital. I've rented an apartment but it's really too small for my family. Of course it doesn't have a garden. So my wife Maria, who loves gardening, can't grow anything. She can't go out to work either because there's no one else in the house to look after the children. So the whole family depends in my income alone. I've great hopes for my children and would like to send them to a good school. But good schools are very expensive. I'm not sure how much I'll be able to help them. Moreover, I'm often in a fix about whether I should share my income with my brothers in the village who need help with their children's education and other things, or use all my money on my own family. I've another problem too. My relatives often come to Nairobi hoping to find bobs. They expect to move into my apartment and stay for long periods of time. They don't seem to realise that the cost of living is so high inn the city. I love my relatives a great deal but life can be very difficult at times.