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Allowance

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 1 definition
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Posho (Allowance)

"Transport allowance (Transport allowance)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Allowance 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Posho/malipo ya ziada (Allowance/extra payment)

"Allowance ya transport ni kidogo (Transport allowance is small)"
Alliance 🇬🇲 Gambia

Form an alliance (Create partnership)

"Strategic alliance (Smart partnership)"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Allowance" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Allowance 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Posho/malipo ya ziada (Allowance/extra payment)

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