A view shows public buses queueing for passengers traveling to the countryside ahead of next weekÕs general election in Nairobi, Kenya August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Passengers jostled with ticket touts and hawkers at Kenya's main bus stations on Thursday as thousands started leaving cities before next week's vote, some because they are registered in rural wards, others because they are scared of violence.
Jitters over the Aug. 8 polls, which come a decade since 1,200 people were killed in ethnic unrest after a disputed election, intensified this week with the torture and murder of a senior election commission official.
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