Business activities in Murang'a town remained low throughout Monday as residents remained glued to TVs and radios for updates on Azimio demonstrations.
A large number of residents who live or work in Murang'a town remained indoors, choosing to keep off the streets despite there being no protests in the area.
Peter Karanja, a resident, said Kenyans were hoodwinked into voting for the UDA leadership with the promise that the cost of living would go down.
"They said they'd effect these changes within the first three months. Now it's been seven months and the prices of commodities continue to rise," Karanja said.
"As much as I love and respect the President, I am torn between my support for him and my struggle to support my two children."
Gerald Kamau, another resident, said Murang'a people are silently in solidarity with Raila and chose to register their frustrations with the current administration by staying at home.
"It is not our tradition to engage in mass actions but we are together with those demonstrating in other parts of the country," Kamau said.
Mary Wanjiru, a shopkeeper, said her sales were uncharacteristically low today, saying many people had been disoriented by the demonstrations happening in Nairobi.
Wanjiru said most Murang'a families either have businesses in Nairobi or have relatives with businesses in the Capital and were worried of their safety.
Others, she noted, commute every day to Nairobi for work and had remained at home as the area became inaccessible due to the demonstrations.
"It seems Murang'a people chose to remain in their homes today. This has really affected our businesses in a way that we did not expect," she said.
Wanjiru said businesses were already struggling with reduced sales due to the high cost of living and that they are apprehensive of political activities that may further aggravate their situation.
Murang'a overwhelmingly supported the UDA party and even voted in party members in all seven constituencies as three Azimio la Umoja affiliated leaders were sent home.
In the county assembly, 29 out of 35 MCAs were elected through UDA as were Governor Irungu Kang'ata and Senator Joe Nyutu.
However, the cost of living continues to sky-rocket, some UDA supporters have even withdrawn their support for the party saying it has not lived up to it's promises.
