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The voter turnout is estimated to be the lowest in recent history, down from 78 per cent in 2017 in and 86 per cent in 2013.

The incident comes against a backdrop of cases where the kits have registered technical hitches across various polling stations.

The former Nairobi governor clashed with both Joho and ODM's Abdulswamad Nassir before police officers intervened.

Inmates in Kenya are allowed to vote only for the post of the president.

There are only 12 countries outside Kenya that fall on IEBC register and Australia is not among them.

A number of his fans teased him about his command and diction of the dialect.

The outgoing Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu had written to the IEBC to exclude her name from the ballot in early July.

IEBC had allocated 6 kits to serve as a backup in every ward but some have failed which has stalled the election exercise.

The MP was arrested for allegedly fighting at the Naka Primary School polling station, while members of the public were streaming in to cast their votes.

The electoral commission that sharing photos of marked ballot papers is a violation of secrecy of the ballot as required by the law

The outgoing Mathira Member of Parliament claimed that a plot was hatched several years ago to orchestrate his downfall. 

Some of these acts have the voters win the hearts of many Kenyans following actions that have created light moments in hotly contested elections.

The Commission noted that the exercise would resume once normalcy had been restored and security of its staff assured.

She reached out to Wajackoyah's supporters asking them to remain calm as the mess was being fixed.

The fire broke out after an explosion on Monday night in South B, Nairobi.

Some of the prominent leaders were unable to vote after the KIEMS kits failed.

Mrs Mwai had insisted on Monday that she must travel to Mathira to vote for Gachagua, whom she met many years ago, thanks to the friendship bond that she had with his late mother. 

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President Uhuru Kenyatta also lauded the IEBC and hoped the elections would be free and fair.

Uhuru was accompanied by First Lady Margaret Kenyatta.

In March, Mama Ngina urged Mt Kenya residents to follow Uhuru's political direction.

A number of seasoned politicians led by example by casting their votes before 8am.

Ruto was accompanied by his wife, Rachel Ruto, to exercise their democratic right.

The candidate had shown up at the polling station with crude weapons raising suspicions.

This follows an indefinite suspension of gubernatorial vote in Kakamega and Mombasa Counties.

IEBC Commissioner, Abdi Guliye, absolved the electoral body from the blunder that led to the suspension.

Some of the stations had not been opened for over one hour since the exercise kicked off.

There are 22,120,458 registered voters in the country.

But if neither of the candidates gets more than 50 per cent plus one vote of the total cast votes, the country will be forced into a run off.

The elections have kicked off across the country with some polling station receiving voters as early as 5 a.m.