Interesting Ways to Escape January Poverty - KOT

Kenyans on Twitter have expressed their frustration on how the Christmas festivities had rendered them moneyless, with many jumping on the hash tag '#1st weekOf JanuaryIsWhen' to laughably show how bad it was.

Many acknowledged they did not have school fees, rent nor bus fare yet it was the beginning of the month. 

Here are some of the hilarious tweets:

 

DEAD @Btdarlines #1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you check ur account balance like this pic.twitter.com/TEcKUSg5sJ

— Africa Konnect (@Africa_Connect) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen u break up with your girlfriend until after valentines #punguzamzingo

— Teddy ndungu (@TedyJakes) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you can't pay rent by yourself and so you need for a collaboration with your friends pic.twitter.com/PSyADsxRwH

— Kinyua kelvin (@kinyuakelvin2) January 4, 2016

Haha "@majormaina: #1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you get such dissapointing reply upon a distress call on your friends.. pic.twitter.com/smEOY2t29S"

— Rey Mahuro (@rey_mahrl) January 4, 2016

Dope "@KenMacharia_: #1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen I try to okoa everything pic.twitter.com/DK0h42dfKA"

— Rey Mahuro (@rey_mahrl) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen mtu hukunywa chai na ovacado pic.twitter.com/JdQLSSU8Te

— Williez De Viruz (@BhingyWilliez) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen asked for money..Nijenge kitu brathe pic.twitter.com/QfbyuztTZn

— Kamunge Njau (@riq_munge) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you so broke you can't event pay attention

— Farah Yussuf (@FarahYussuf_) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you wake up like this after setting alarm ya 4:30am pic.twitter.com/lwxTTRM0aN

— I Ain't Shit...Yet!! (@SirCarie_254) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you have to be innovative to survive pic.twitter.com/KfKfPP0FsE

— Alex The Blogger™ (@Moseax) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you have spend all your saving with your first girlfriend in december. pic.twitter.com/9W4ekueaEJ

— lucy keshy (@LosiLucy) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen Nothing goes to waste pic.twitter.com/4kHwYZ43AC

— Albert (@albert_kiptoo) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you market your business to the fullest pic.twitter.com/Oh4pQKF5cJ

— HURON (@_Huron) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you realize gas is not the only form of of cooking... pic.twitter.com/aJDyG7x8GW

— juma (@jumaf3) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen the gas is finished and you cant afford to eat out @Githuqu @dkrabaiya pic.twitter.com/ELMzUSzVgM

— Escobar (@NjoguJnr) January 4, 2016

#1stWeekOfJanuaryIsWhen you go collecting your debts but people had already paid it pic.twitter.com/fbH4Hr2F19

— 2016 (@NgewaMulwa) January 4, 2016