What are some of the common Kenyan problems experience in their homes? And most importantly, how can we solve them in the simplest and convenient way possible?
Some of these problems include cleaning electronic equipment, preparing simple meals and other household chores such as ironing.
Most Kenyans struggle with them or despise them simply because they are very repetitive and boring. How do you go about making them fun and interesting?
Let’s get down to it:
1. Cleaning the Microwave
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Having doubts when cleaning electronic items in the kitchen? Not sure if to use water and soap products on surfaces that come into contact with your food? Or is there a three-year-old stubborn food stain in your microwave that you have been consciously ignoring?
Scrubbing down with chemicals could be the immediate solution but since the microwave comes into contact with your food, you have to be cautious on the solutions you use to clean it especially since you can’t rinse out the microwave as you would any other utensil.
A simple home cleaning solution white vinegar and water does quite the job when it comes to this.
Put the solution in a small bowl and then heat it up till the water comes to a boil for several minutes and the windows steam up.
Let it cool for a while and then remove it. What this does is that it helps to ease out the grease and you will be able to clean off the loosened food debris with a damp sponge.
Another solution that works is lime or adding a few slices of orange or lemon still following the same procedure.
2. Preventing Blisters
Pesky foot blisters can really dampen your mood. They appear in the weirdest of places, are always very painful and hell-bent on making you very uncomfortable.
Scientific research shows that you get blisters through friction between your skin and your shoe. It gets worse the more you sweat as the moisture increases the friction and your chances of developing blisters.
A simple solution to curtailing this is not only applying antiperspirant on your armpits but also your feet to minimize the sweating.
3. Slicing tomatoes
Slicing tomatoes can be a frustrating task without the right equipment - especially for those ripe tomatoes that easily collapse under the least pressure.
A dull knife can convert the simple task into a herculean job with increased chances of cutting yourself turning your simple meal-making process into a literal blood sweat and tears affair.
A simple hack to avoid the hustle and mushing up your tomato slices for your sandwich, try using a serrated knife, such as a bread knife instead of a typical kitchen knife.
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You will have uniform, intact slices because the serrated edge easily pierces the tomato’s skin.
4. Iron Box Burns
A typical problem in Kenyan households is burning of clothes with the iron box. This also creates another hurdle of a stained iron box which is very messy.
This stain can be distributed to other clothes when ironing turning a one-time mistake into a recurring tragedy.
Rather than scrubbing the surface and damaging the iron box’s surface, a simple way to clean this is using a newspaper and salt.
Start by spreading salt on a surface and put an extract of a newspaper on it. With the iron on, press on the newspaper for a couple of minutes and just like magic the burn mark will pluck off.
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5. Managing Calls, Data and Messages
Kenyans for the longest time have always felt that they had no control over their usage of SMS’s, data and calls.
They kept on complaining for the longest on social media, their hangout joints and everywhere else anyone cared to listen.
This was however before FLEX - a new type of bundle from Safaricom which gives you more value when it comes to your precious data, messages and calls.
What’s even more beneficial is the fact that the bundle rewards you with free flex units every time you send money using M-Pesa.
You can dial *100# or *200# to join Flex or head on to my My Safaricom App to find out more.
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