Kenyans on social media expressed shock over a hotel bill which shows a customer paying Sh550 for one chapati.
The customer who incurred the bill at Hotel La Mada in Nairobi paid Sh1,650 for three chapatis which to many seemed like an overkill.
Kenyans pointed out that the delicacy costs about Sh10 in the informal sector and that there was no justification for the price. Some eateries go as high as Sh100 but none has charged as high as the bill circulating online shows.
Here is a sampling of Kenyans’ reactions on Twitter.
To pay 550 bob for a chapati ni KUKALIWA chapoo kweli kweli,😎!
— Martin Muchina (@martinMuchina) February 25, 2018
Chapati ya 550 bob inafaa kuitwa El Chapo!
— Kitchen Ninja (@shobanes) February 25, 2018
Chapati at 550/- isssa no for me. That’s purely extortion
— I need no title to Lead (@Kelly_Obalu) February 26, 2018
Lakini mnapesa buana ….unakula chapati moja at 550/= mara chips plate moja at 800/= na mnasema pesa imekua shida
— #JLingkanda (@Br_eal) February 26, 2018
If selling chapati for 500 isn’t money laundering I don’t know what is
— Big Daddy L💿 (@Colonel_edu) February 26, 2018
I guess this is not the chapati that I know ama walikosea ilikuwa pizza pic.twitter.com/m6UzJry9Dd
— black bird (@deejay_dice254) February 26, 2018
Unanunua chapati 550 lmao the kind of broad day theft going on in this Nairobi
— Big Daddy L💿 (@Colonel_edu) February 26, 2018
Imagine buying one chapati for Ksh. 550? Inawezekana kweli?
How much was the most expensive chapati you ever bought? pic.twitter.com/l1CUZdfWeM
— Pulse Live Kenya (@pulselivekenya) February 26, 2018
Chapati for KES 550
😓These streets ain’t kind! https://t.co/WYjEfeWohe
— C H E E K – O (@CheekODread) February 26, 2018
