Kenyans in the UK are trooping back home

An interesting phenomenon is taking place in Britain — many Kenyans are packing their bags to return home. Decades ago, when Britain was a land of opportunity, everyone took a flight to London and to enjoy a share of the UK’s cake but times have changed. The slow economic recovery in Britain has left many foreigners and Britons out in the cold. The cost of living has escalated four times than wages. The threat of job losses hangs over them. The rapid rise in poverty levels is giving rise to fears of a social crisis. A shock report by the food giant Kellogg reveals that hard-up families cannot feed their children properly.
POOR PARENTS One in eight school children are going hungry during the current six-week school holidays as poor parents, who depend on state-funded free school meals, cannot afford food. Children are not the only ones suffering. Their elders are as well. Poverty is rising rapidly. There has been a 600 per cent increase in food banks and the government has authorised over one million Britons to get free meals. Severe budget cuts have hit the National Health Service forcing patients to wait 14 weeks for medical care as austerity measures bite. Only the wealthy have escaped these problems. JOB LOSSES Some Kenyans are well-off but most are not. They are bearing the brunt of financial cutbacks, deteriorating social services, job losses and business failures. It is no surprise that many  are planning to return to Kenya to look for new opportunities. Take for instance businessman Joe Mwai. After being in the UK for two decades, he finally voted with his feet and left to set up home in Kenya. He could have stayed on but chose to return and happily calls himself a “returnee.” He has spent the past few years trying to find his footing in Nairobi, but shuttles between Britain and Kenya as his family is still here.