By JAMES KAHONGEHMore by this AuthorNairobi residents engaged in panic buying on Wednesday as the country prepared for Thursday’s election. Most supermarkets in the city and its environs recorded a high number of shoppers who were mostly stocking foodstuff and other essentials. He said the store had recorded almost a 40 per cent rise in sales this week, and attributed the scenario to the uncertainty surrounding Thursday’s repeat presidential election. Tuskys supermarket branches on Tom Mboya Street and Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi recorded an equally high number of shoppers as Kenyans engaged in a last-minute shopping. A section of Kenyans was buying foodstuff and other essentials as they prepared to leave the city for upcountry.

Source: Daily Nation October 25, 2017 18:22 UTC