"We were starting to heal after the Aug. 8 polls but with political activities rising, tension is going to heighten, and people are going to flee from some parts of the country to their rural homes and tribal animosity would peak," Harrison Moseti, a shop operator, lamented on Monday. "It is a bad time for the country."
Moseti, however, does not only fear about unity of the country, his business located in Kayole on the east of Nairobi would be hit harder.
"Weeks to the Aug. 8 polls, business went down as people feared to spend, not knowing how elections would go. My business was hit and that is where we are headed once again," he said, noting a lot of his customers travelled upcountry weeks before the Aug. 8 polls.
Many more are again expected to make plans to travel to their upcountry homes once the new poll date is announced.
"I will not stay in Nairobi when people are voting. That is a decision I made in 2008 after the election violence because my family suffered then. This time things will not be different," said Collins Okanga, who hails from western Kenya.
The oncoming elections are expected to push up inflation due to increased spending and disrupt many businesses, including in real estate sector and transport.
Kenya's August inflation rose to 8.04 percent, up from 7.47 percent in July, largely attributed to high prices of food and other basic commodities, including electricity.
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