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With the results of Kenya鈥檚 presidential elections due very soon, anticipation is high but, perhaps, not for everyone. Turnout was substantially down on the 2017 elections in east Africa鈥檚 regional powerhouse.

Many of Kenya鈥檚 youth simply decided not to vote. To explore why so many people failed to exercise their democratic right Newsday spoke to two young Kenyan voters: Catherine Phoro who voted for the first time and, first of all, Kasi Mumba - who chose not to vote:

鈥淚t saddened me not to vote鈥� I was just tired, politically-drained. But I just want to see if, this time round, have they realised that us not voting is a protest of some kind to show them the youth do not have the trust they thought they did in this government or in the leaders.鈥�

(Photo: Kenya鈥檚 electoral commission relays election results in Nairobi; Credit: Reuters)