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Anxious mood defines most Kenyans ahead of unpredictable polls

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With the approaching General Election, it is beginning to feel like the clock is fast ticking towards the end of time. The anxiety in the country is palpable, like it is almost Armageddon.

These last few days to elections almost feel like an apocalypse is almost upon us. Everyone is on edge and behaving as if the prophecies about the world coming to an end are just about to get fulfilled in a matter of days. Like some modern-day oracle has convinced us all that the day we all proceed to the after world is nigh - and we are now just counting down to the D-Day.

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