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Interest

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Riba (Interest)

"Interest ni juu (Interest is high)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Interest 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Interest (Bank interest)

"Interest rate high (Interest rate is high)"
Interest 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Entere (Interest)

"Interest lor loan i o (Interest on loan is high)"

🇰🇪 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.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "Interest" Across Africa

This word is also used in 13 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Interest 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Interest (Money charge)
Interest 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Entere (Interest)
Interest 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Interest (Interest)
Interest 🇪🇬 Egypt

فايدة - Interest
Interest 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Inzuzo yemali (Money profit)
Interest 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ወለድ/ወለድ (Weled) - interest
Interest 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Thahasello / Morokotso (Interest / Profit)
Interest 🇱🇷 Liberia

Extra charge/Gain (Interest)
Interest 🇱🇾 Libya

انترست (Interest)
Interest 🇳🇦 Namibia

Money charge (Loan cost)
Interest 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Inyungu ku nguzanyo (Loan interest)
Interest 🇿🇲 Zambia

Loan charge
Interest 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mubereko (interest)

🇰🇪 More Kenya Slang

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View all 2011 Kenya slang words

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