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Christmas cheer comes with offers and steep rise in cost of transport

Travellers to various destinations wait for buses at the Machakos Country Bus Station in Nairobi on December 22, 2018. Christmas is here again, and the usual hype built up around this season is not any different from other years. PHOTO | MARTIN MUKANGU | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • From travelling upcountry to shopping, Kenyans are making use of the relaxed political climate to celebrate festival.
  • Many of the passengers and the shoppers the Nation spoke to said this festive season seemed happier.
  • This is because there is no tension like last year when Kenya was reeling from the shock of two consecutive general elections.

Christmas is here again, and the usual hype built up around this season is not any different from other years.

Many Kenyans deserve the fun after a long year and those that are not rushing upcountry will most likely be making their way to the coastal beaches in Mombasa and Malindi, or to the Maasai Mara, Naivasha and other spread-out tourist attraction sites in the country.