{"id":263862,"date":"2017-08-05T09:57:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T06:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=263862"},"modified":"2017-08-05T12:53:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T09:53:48","slug":"kenyans-troop-to-their-rural-homes-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2017\/08\/kenyans-troop-to-their-rural-homes-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyans troop to their rural homes to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A spot check at the tea room bus station with most vans travelling to the greater Mount Kenya region also confirmed that it was just as busy as Machakos country bus\/HILARY MWENDA<\/p><\/div>\n

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 5 – Kenyans are eager to go home and vote. <\/strong>
\nAccording to agents who work for different transport companies, they have seen an upsurge in numbers of passengers forcing them to hike their prices, as established by Capital News.<\/p>\n

Dominic Ondari who works as an agent with Guardian – a local company that operate buses that plies Western Kenya routes – confirmed that Kenyans are indeed travelling en-masse.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people are travelling up country. Since July 30th<\/sup>, we have seen an upsurge in numbers of passengers forcing us to hike our prices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shadrack Kyalo who works for a Matatu company that plies Kitui route also confirmed that vans heading to Kitui are fully booked. He, however, said that those who were travelling were going to vote at home or to drop their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been working here since 1989. People who are travelling up country are because they are registered voters there,\u201d he said.
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