Is this the cheapest eatery in Nairobi?
The University of Nairobi administration has banned cooking inside halls of residence and slashed food prices at the student mess by 25 per cent making it arguably the cheapest eatery in Nairobi.
A plate of plain beef stew will now cost Sh34 from Sh45, while that of fried chicken will go for Sh41 from Sh55.
The two orders would each set you back by upwards of Sh300 in an ordinary Nairobi restaurant.
UoN deputy vice-chancellor Isaac Mbeche, in a memo to the students, says that the move was aimed at getting “students back to the kitchen due to the threat posed by the serious dangers of cooking in the halls of residence”.
“I take this opportunity to welcome all the students who have been cleared, back to the university. As we start from where we left, I wish to inform all the students who will be accommodated in the halls of residence that the University Senate and the University management board supported the recommendation that there will be no cooking in the halls,” the memo, dated May 3, read in part.
The reduced prices are as follows:
Beef stew Sh34
Fried chicken Sh41
Fried fish Sh30
Savoury mince Sh23
Matumbo stew Sh20
Liver stew Sh30
Ndengu stew Sh8
Beans stew Sh8
Githeri Sh20
Irio Sh23
Fried sukuma wiki Sh5
Fried cabbages Sh5
Steamed rice Sh8
Pilau rice Sh23
Chapati Sh8
Ugali Sh8
White tea Sh8
Mandazi Sh5
Boiled egg Sh8
Fried egg Sh12
