FEASSSA 2026: A look at cost of meals, transport, beer, water and essentials in Tanzania for Kenyans
For a Kenyan arriving in Morogoro for the Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) games, football may be the main attraction, but it does not take long before another contest begins to unfold away from the pitches: the battle between the Kenyan and Tanzanian shillings.The difference is not necessarily written in the exchange rate alone, but in what a few notes can put on your table, in your hands or even on your bag as you walk through the streets of Morogoro.##NAJAVA_MECA_9895115##At the prevailing rate, Ksh1 is equivalent of Tsh20.4, Tsh5,000 is roughly Ksh245, Tsh2,500 about Kdh122, Tsh1,000 around Ksh49, while Tsh4,000 is approximately Ksh196.Just outside Morogoro town, Tsh5,000, or about Ksh245, can buy a plate of ugali and nyama (goat or beef) , the kind of meal that needs no fancy menu to make a Kenyan visitor pause and do the mathematics.At smaller local eateries, the value becomes even more striking, with Tsh2,500, equivalent to roughly Ksh122,..