Jalango: Why some Kenyans abroad are afraid to come back home

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[@olefben]

4yrs later we still here replaying this stuff. Mhesh and Jeff were just amazing

[@t.msimon5861]

Most folks go overseas to seek better lives. We've loads of learned youth out in the streets without jobs. Out here, even the most unskilled jobs pay handsomely. Am in the UK and am not afraid to say am happy. I love home but only the haves and the connected make it in Kenya. I won't think twice remaining here! My opinion.

[@Okwash1]

Jalang'o wacha ujuaji. A good number of us here have visited fine colleges and work as professionals. Kazi pia ni kazi, people earn genuine money abroad. In Kenya most wealth is gotten through corruption abd not proud of those people.

[@jacksonmichael5603]

I agree no place sweeter than home..but one thing i know why some guys wont come back home is because...Systems work in this countries compared to Kenya....then it depends with what you do in America....

[@apriliacess8053]

Home is sweet when comfortable but if you are struggling ,kenya without money is hell.

[@khalayimkenya9099]

So true! Cant trust people back home. Home is where the heart is. My heart is in New Jersey right now.

[@Walagat]

Khalayi Mkenya Where in New Jersey? Am in NYC, are you close?

[@cn-yg6vf]

If you're majuu, jikaze. Live your life you can't make everyone happy, showing off by drinking is not smart. Invest with people you trust. Home is best as Jeff says, but not all people here are struggling, when in school, you'll have to hustle untill you get better opportunities, bills here don't stop, I would work for the old if I had to, no shame in that. People back home will eat your money they don't care if you dig graves all night every night. Be smart.

[@NyarRailakende]

I cannot agree more Jeff& Jalas..Am in Europe and this is my anthem when i have my girls over for a drink..there's nothing like home guys all that glitters is not gold😍😍😍big fan in Reykjavik

[@mbilisietmbilisiet1901]

So tru ooh homeland my country kenya kipenzi

[@maris2200]

Live where your heart finds peace or likes it. For some its Africa, some diaspora.

[@lynlassiter5033]

It's 2020, but anytime l want to laugh, l watch this. I love you Jalango & Jeff, you always make my day. Diaspora life, wacha tu ninyamaze.

[@ammgoc]

There are success stories abroad and everyone's story is different. Can't generalise. There r people with one 9-5 job or 1 shift and r living comfortably. Social life ndiyo iko chini compared to +254

[@khalayimkenya9099]

a ammgoc Am comfortable here in U.S living my American dream

[@mutegikanana2085]

American dream its a facade

[@bandwire7862]

Jeff, its your generation that hustled like that in America. Today Kenyans are nurses, doctors, professors, IT consultants and many are self employed making money we could have never dreamt of back home. Not everyone can make it so easily in kenya unless one has tall relatives like you

[@florencekimondo1681]

That's why i can stand koinange.. .He's full shit

[@wawerukamuru]

Why is the Diaspora Swam eating lemons? Its just a joke..you need to calm your cold winter nerves down..lol

[@big.r5550]

@@wawerukamuru toa Umkundu hapa Anthony.. comment za kijinga kaambie nyanyako.!

[@big.r5550]

@@florencekimondo1681 Say No More ! You're 100% on point.! Jeff is salty bcoz he was fired from CNN coz alinyandua some white chic or something of the sort (according to reports) . So asiletee watu wenye wanahussle majuu. !

[@wawerukamuru]

@@big.r5550 i dont respond to drug junkies. When you recover from your cocaine addiction, you can indulge in normal talk.

[@bettykim146]

This two gentlemen were the best combination of

[@beatricebolger9824]

Jalas we are professionals but home is home. Love from Philadelphia.

[@jemutaijoy5700]

I have been away from home for one and a quarter year but I feel it's been forever I am planning to come home towards the end of this year...may God keep us in diaspora safe

[@jessekinoti6397]

Ulirudi

[@jemutaijoy5700]

@jesse...that was 3yrs ago bruh

[@longfootvysere9749]

If you stay at home, you will not automatically succeed or fail, likewise if you go to America, depending on your education and skills you bring on the job, you do not have to live on minimum wage. What you make comes down to your education or training, specific skills you bring to the job and their worth in the market, wit and a bit of luck. Learn a trade and learn it well, or get a degree in something you are passionate about and the rest will be history. Do not underestimate the role of the long, hard path: education. It has led me to earn more than most of the working population here (Switzerland) as a data scientist.

[@nancybibo7629]

What jalas is saying is so true..

[@wawerukamuru]

@T C Why is the Diaspora Swam eating lemons? Its just a joke..you need to calm your cold winter nerves down..lol

[@wawerukamuru]

@T C the fact that ur so bitter is a clear indicator u ain't doing so well..lol..come back home

[@wawerukamuru]

@T C Arrogance galore...attribute that to God dont use that to boast and despise people..

[@markk5216]

Just moved back this March after 20 years in Cali. Nowhere be like home

[@baharimeli]

Mark K no way. Why?

[@no1hotterk936]

I'm a Kenyan living outside Africa. I love home but struggle to see how it survive there because I have lived in a totally different system . Perhaps if I lived at home on my formative years ...

[@doreenitaru6260]

Nipeleke US Leo sitarudi Kenya hivi karibuni!

[@arapbett1540]

It really depends on what kind of job you do. If you're a lawyer, doctor, pharmacist, engineer e.t.c , then you see no point of going back.

[@raelswift4894]

true no where be like home am in Norway but looking forward to settle home when my baby is 18+

[@pherozkissaro9762]

Men Jeff that's true no place like home..i have been in US for 19 years work so many jobs not easy at all end up a Truck driver been on US roadway cost to cost. Story to tell everywher. Dec 2019 I will came to Nairobi..let me be a guest on STORY A DAY..big Hi Jalango wenyewe very funny guy.cant wait to this man..

[@Jabepoma]

These people should interview professionals in the Diaspora.....this generalization is so not true......

[@jotaya]

JN I Thank you!!!

[@macmugaadk]

They should come to Scandinavia and see .

[@kenyanreport]

There thousands of Kenyan professionals doing excellent in the States. You need to socialize in the right places and with the right people. Just like in Any society there are those who struggle and those who are having it easy.

[@kevinmvita6587]

All my friends in America dont have any investments like land or house back home, I always wonder why!!

[@mizzcatt7691]

kevin mvita change friends...watu wa maendeleo..theys plenty here..they own alot back home and here too

[@amulewinstone8900]

How I wish I come back to Kenya and enjoy your program

[@deborahbeautiful1802]

The roads.... The clean places.... Taxis.... The metro wah thinking ov coming back ni stress

[@francismwangi4087]

excellent combination

[@samsammy414]

tunakataa kurudi coz ya ukora na wivu mwingi some of us work 3jobs a day after all that muibe asa

[@abdihirsi6367]

True said bro a lot of envy

[@elvisodhiambo2974]

Ati si kanjo walibomoa..... ati tulikupigia hukushika😂😂😂😂😂...... amazing stuff jalas

[@joycemeyerokal7496]

Jalang'o we miss you so much in radio especially with Jeff or Alex,not kiss

[@steveirungu3132]

I would rather disappear for good than I return to Kenya to me it's a hell NO I'm extremely sorry 😐😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 that's the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@dianahkenyanya4015]

Am coming home for sure...Thanks Diaspora for hosting me.

[@jaydenkwame5300]

Insecurity is my major problem hier in Germany i can wake up in the middle of night and take a walk without any fear.. JEFF JALANGo hebu uliza why we are forced to come back home just to be issued with the new passports why cannt the embassy issue them

[@bobonyango8969]

ha ha ha...aki ya mungu...jalas na jef what a good combo

[@faithmwanzia8416]

So because someone has decided to hustle in America their success is less valid when compared to yours..yes I get it sometimes people visiting from the states can get prideful over nothing and that is wrong but the hustle people put in is real and it is distasteful to talk hate over it.Also let’s not forget that some of us move to America,go to school and work towards establishing careers.

[@olooesther4574]

Very true jalango family at home Never Know what work pple in abroad doing wanakula pesa yote

[@steveirungu3132]

I would rather invest outside Kenya ie New Zealand than I invest in Kenya to me it's a hell NO I'm extremely sorry 😐😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 that's the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@steveirungu3132]

Kenyans are their own worst enemies period I'm extremely sorry 😐😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 that's the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@mwendapoleee]

Ppl wadiaspora wamefanyiwa mambo,mii karibu niuziwe hewa!Jalas tey are always pros and cons of staying away from home ask miguna!

[@nyambura9971]

Tumechanuka nowadays, Saccos in diaspora have closed that misuse bridge..Kurudi home ni lazima (home sweet 🇰🇪)

[@icecub3964]

home is the best

[@teresawambui9164]

this is sooo true...i hope i wont be a victim when coming back

[@steveirungu3132]

I will never invest in Kenya to me it's a hell NO I'm extremely sorry 😐😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 that's the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@alexmwabweni5065]

I am tired i miss home

[@amulewinstone8900]

I love you Jeff and Jalas

[@vincentkambona3213]

Am very dissapointed in this buffonery....Jeff you are smarter than that....Talk to us Professionals first please

[@MMMMNification]

This topic touched me,pesa zangu za plot zilikkuliwa vibaya sana.

[@dinnerlojah6168]

Mos

[@carchonjo598]

BS. You are worried about people who have jobs and supporting their corrupt relatives back in Kenya. Of course Jeff Koinange is done with USA after he did what Kenyans do better - paying for that story he presented for CNN that he was the only one to have access to those Nigerian Cartels selling oil at Delta state in Nigeria . You are talking about people who work very hard to support themselves and their relatives back home who con them. There are millions of Kenyan youth loitering in towns with no jobs.if they got a chance to come to USA to do those manual jobs, they will do so in a heartbeat . Not very Kenyan in Kenya works in TV or radio station and we all know why.

[@moniquenk4594]

Car Chonjo Wondering the same.They should be worried about the needy jobless youths in Kenya.Why care about whatever jobs people are doing in diaspora as long as they are not working at gunpoint

[@khalayimkenya9099]

Car Chonjo Jeff ni mpumbavu. He thinks everyone comes from privilege

[@wawerukamuru]

Why is the Diaspora Swam eating lemons? Its just a joke..you need to calm your cold winter nerves down..lol

[@ruthkoilot]

Gosh, everything you guys said is so true. I live in south Carolina. East west Home is best. Jalas, you are too funny but so true to the point. I love home.

[@rosecherono3272]

It's true Europe too, its nothing, if you work is a good thing, but the social life is never found unless you have a family.

[@sejerian]

Jalango you have cracked ribs, Mano adier wuod luo. Jah bless

[@odingokodingo1388]

lotta truth though ! come home and build Kenya ...

[@wanwan-sd4yu]

You guys been here... there is no place like kenya... but I'm not afraid of coming home no matter how far you are in maendeleo.. cause even back here in diaspora there are those who have made it better than you lakini twarudi nyumbani with or without.

[@vitukovyaboniveja7714]

i still watch this when bored

[@magdalinebosibori995]

We r afraid to come back cz hatutaki kuhustle tena

[@كيفي-ض2ج]

Magdaline Bosibori very true

[@iwrotethis4712]

Unafanya job ngapi huko 5?

[@rubysailor9186]

steeve maina it's not everyone in diaspora who needs to do 3 shifts, there are so many who in well paying professions. we should respect those who work instead of waiting for handouts. Its their life after all,who are we to judge them?

[@iwrotethis4712]

I actually don't have any relative abroad and even if I had,why should I wait for his or her handout?

[@Jabepoma]

Thank you! Ruby

[@kimanimirii7119]

home is always the best...

[@sarahmunyiva5968]

Tukikuja uko hakuna marafiki. Watu wanakuwa nikama hawatujui.let us stay safe

[@kamasalothi1040]

No person want to leave their family and go work oversees. Whether unaosha wazee ama we ni doctor, people do it for lack of employment which at the moment stands at almost 50% in Kenya. Do you guys know the remittances Kenyans sent last year was higher than that of tourism. So in a way Jeff and jalas benefits from these menial jobs indirectly.

[@annea5781]

Not everyone. Example of my family -broken home, overly abusive dad. Our solution, one by one we left and settled overseas, where he couldn’t just up and come bother us. Some actually want to be away from their families. Maybe not the majority, but you can’t rule that out

[@steveirungu3132]

Kenya is a worst country to live I'm extremely sorry 😐😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 that's the bitter truth by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@jacksonmichael5603]

But again....Jeff we have sucess stories in America...But wait a minute..Listen to Jeff's reason why he cant live Abroad...."i can wake up and say hi to people..."....He has a point...but surely Jeff..we have sucess stories

[@feissmwelu1289]

Jackson Kedaha yes!!! We do have success stories

[@khalayimkenya9099]

Jackson Kedaha I have wonderful neighbors. Jeff alikuwa anaishi shimo yake

[@jacksonmichael5603]

@Khalayi...same to me..i have awonderful neighborhood...but silaumu Jeff....born in a rich family he had options...some of us have no option thats why we have to network.....

[@elvisodhiambo2974]

No where like africa very true

[@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547]

Elvis Odhiambo That is true! However, why are Africans drowning in the Mediterranean Sea in droves after every other day? Tafakari hayo

[@staceynayden7697]

You and Jeff were a great team

[@jergithi8753]

Hey! Not everyone goes through what you are describing or imagining. Some of us have very professional jobs that are well paying. We are doctors, nurses, managers etc. As long as you have good health and focused, you'll do very well here and don't forget that we help uplift other people's lives there. Wacha generalization!

[@austineochieng8117]

Absolutely keff joinange....home is friendly and enjoyable. Eeeeeh! Jas🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣

[@staceynayden7697]

Jalas you shouldn't have left...

[@joulesmwas5609]

Ya'll so funny. Love you Jeff+Jallas....Team JJ. To be honest what you are saying is 💯

[@streetcounselkillong2901]

Moving from home to abroad or ushago to Nrb is as old as the world..Ppl always move.Im in USA, that doesn't mean Kenya is any less better just the same way most of u in Nrb moved from shagz,but there's a common jealousy on ppl back home to prove a point to ppl coming from abroad,ati kwani utatuonyesha nini unatushindia nini blah,same tu na watu wa ushago when ppl from Nrb go home in December...yes ppl abroad do odd jobs, that's what they choose n it pays their bills n gives them a descent living..kila mtu abambane na shida yake,who says all kenyans do great Jobs at home anyway?

[@jacklinengigi2250]

My all time show good job.odi idhi nega.

[@normandalef]

Who the hell Is Jalas hangin Out With ! Halla @ your Boy ! sis Tunajuamini Bro

[@jahkeyrenson4400]

I used to think watu husema uongo but nimejipata hapo...and the way life in gulf iko tough oh GOD help me😭 kutuma pesa na nyumba huoni😭

[@mwangigitau286]

Why are Kenyans in Diaspora so bitter with Jalas?? There's so much truth in what they are saying. Most Kenyans in Diaspora all they do when they come back here is talk of how great things are in countries they live in with some annoying forced American accents while some live in Asia or Europe! We have problems back home but please, let's not try to run away from some truths here - najua Wengine mtanikujia na hivo vingereva vyenu va kutisha 😂😂😂🤣

[@Zozolounge254]

not everyone's story is the same if you plan and work hard you can make in corporate America ...some of the stories told aint true about America

[@rasegks]

Stupid one for once. We all got our levels and abilities. Respect that. Don't forget where you come from

[@CaroLina-qq1hl]

Jalas 😂😂 Have never laughed like this hahaaaaaa... Can't wait to be home , loneliness nayo oooops!

[@dinnerlojah6168]

Rudi home

[@nashipae6027]

Wow, you guys may be right but holly molly you sound like haters. I am living in Canada, have a job as a Manager in Clinical informatics in a Hospital in the West Coast, (good weather!!!) and i live in a house i pay my own mortgage for, own my own honda CRV, and respectable in my environment here. This thing that you guys have done up there is stereotypical kenyans who couldnt afford to leave kenya, or..were kicked out of the US due to neferious reasons, or...were not able to secure a sustainable life for themselves outside their parents influence in kenya. Thats hating plain and simple, #Shameful

[@C.S.Yiampoi]

Nashipai you are right just as Jeff is

[@dorineakwiri3759]

Nashi Pae... totally agreed. And I am in West Coast too. Vancouver to be specific. 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@kimmar5566]

Dorine Akwiri I 2nd that as well. I’m also in Vancouver

[@mafrangomo5481]

So story yangu umeleta online

[@roseamal6694]

It is so true

[@sashamonique9438]

Mafrango Mo oooh it's u...go back home

[@mafrangomo5481]

Sasha Monique I will be there soon but not today Jalas ameshanisema

[@mafrangomo5481]

Rose Amal yes very true it's not a joke

[@beatricebolger9824]

Hey Jeff and Jslango I have enjoyed your humor.

[@nyarnam]

I super like Jalas! I find him very funny😀

[@theprudentialshow7681]

Can u talk about Kenyan CEOS, bank managers, not everyone does Nursing fools.

[@wanjirukarago9308]

My peers can't make me feel bad at all😂😂😂 living on loans they have those buildings but depressed inside wondering how to pay back the loans they wait for us to sort them out 😂😂 to pay up their loans on those rentals and cars they are stuck in bars and pubs😂😂...everybody's journey is different ...good thing with those abroad as soon as they decide to go back home, they will build without loans thats difference between diasporans and those bck home.

[@SuperGueth]

Hahahahaha ati kanjo malibomoa makajega barabara..........😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 😱😱

[@mistiqism]

Inafaa muelewe Jeff anaishi kitusuru real sio ile ya shiti....

[@gracehinga2297]

Nyinyi wacheni ujinga, Kia mutu anayo raha yake hiyo kawaida no wale waoga abroad is for the bold. Kazi siyo guru lila mutu anayo akili zake. Si ujinga. Kenyans dio damu haya Yazidi kuwa wevi...

[@kelvinrobi6901]

Aki nani

[@johnshiku2224]

It's what happens

[@ms.t1918]

It's very painful jalas we sheka tu

[@izzyk649]

Uuui yawa jalas hii story ni ukweli mtupu....mimi nilipigiwa picha za mjengo ya neighbour....kutokelezea hakuna makeja (ploti) walinishow niwache kuchizi ......wakaniuliza utafanya? Where is the proof you send us cash....rudi ulaya na utuachishe stress....only God will help us....honestly NYS ilianza na marelatives.....so sad east or west home is the best .....

[@shizma7917]

izzy k story of my life. Utafanya,,,???

[@cn-yg6vf]

Kaa ngumu, how can you invest with broke people. Help as much as you can, but invest? Maybe buy land, build when you get here.

[@Temboz]

I can relate..I tried to build my relatives a home in the rural area,after thousands of dollars sent there the project never took off come to find out they squandered the fucking money I was furious and that was a couple of years ago..I love home, but am done with trying to help out ungrateful relatives..I told them unless it's a matter of life and death,Kila mtu ajitete na ajisaidie.

[@Asalisafaris]

That's really sad..

[@rebeccakiarie616]

this happened to my cousin, her mom did it to her........just horrible

[@stevewanga957]

Nyumbani ni nyumbani

[@janekimani7273]

It's true

[@sawa8171]

👌👌👌

[@surakitabu]

Why do Kenyans at home hate Kenyans in diaspora? hii chuki yote ni ya nini?

[@shabbyofficial_]

Frank Murefu jobless people or rather broke people always hate ..majority of them

[@robertomae2341]

Jalas tofauti ni vile hapo mnaiba

[@wanwan-sd4yu]

Jalas hata hiyo hennesy you talking about is a cheap brand by int'l standards... bro check the best brands again.. those are what washamba and American ghettos drink on pay day.

[@solidjuicyke6591]

Allot of racism out here.....Kenya is good. Home is just home.

[@meddyvy]

THE TRUTH, it all needs a mind 🏮 set

[@samsononguti8911]

Hahaha Jalas you made my day....hiyo kazi ya old people ndio inatoa pesa mingi Hahaha

[@apriliacess8053]

Niulize ndio nafanya huku swiss🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑.watu wanaongea na hawajai toka kenya ,hata kufika mombasa ni shida.here things are more organized.

[@mwinyihajj5119]

wallah hii sho jalas alinimada

[@johnfasan5093]

just comment on what you understand jalas,jeff you worked for cnn yeap! here there no time for idling. let the kenyan gov keep the youths busy with jobs n lets see who has time for even listening and calling to your station...

[@faithkariri3213]

Ha ha ha....bt always home is the best.

[@eugenejoash8989]

i love this