Leso economics

🇰🇪 Kenya
Added August 02, 2025
TOP DEFINITION
A cheeky Kenyan term referring to the practice of stashing money in a lesso (wrapper cloth) at home, as some grandmothers do. It symbolizes informal saving outside banks. People use it humorously to mean DIY savings or 'mattress banking.'
"Huyo mama hana account, pesa zake zote ni leso economics kwa nyumba. (Translation: That lady doesn't have a bank account; all her money is saved informally in her cloth at home.)"
by Khulekani Dladla August 02, 2025
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