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RAILA ODINGA
Kenya's electoral commission chairperson Isaak Hassa says the number of so-called spoiled ballots – votes that won't be counted for not complying with election rules is "quite worrying".
Political parties and newspapers in Kenya have urged calm as Kenyans nervously await results a day after they voted in general elections.
Uhuru Kenyatta has opened an early lead as Kenya continues the count in a presidential election that brought out millions of voters despite pockets of violence that killed at least 15 people.
Eyes are now set on tallying after Kenyans turned out en masse for the first presidential poll since disputed results triggered a wave of bloodletting five years ago.
There have been reports of alleged irregularities such as vote rigging at polling stations in several regions, as Kenyans vote in general elections.
The death toll from attacks in Kenya's port city of Mombasa has reached 15 amid reports that the attacks are linked to a separatist movement .
Polling stations have opened up to Kenyans for a tense presidential election that will test whether the country can repair its damaged reputation after the tribal blood-letting that followed a 2007 poll.
Tensions are high in Kenya's port city of Mombasa, where an ambush blamed on a separatist movement killed five police officers hours before the opening of polling stations, police say.
Polls have opened in Kenya for hard-fought elections amid reports that several policemen have been killed in an ambush in the port city of Mombasa.
Kenyans are praying for peace the day before a national election that some fear could devolve into the same violence that engulfed the country in 2007.
Kenya's top two presidential candidates have held their final rallies before large and raucous crowds.
Eight Kenyan presidential candidates are preparing for March 4 elections, the first since deadly post-poll violence five years ago.
Hugely wealthy and son of Kenya's founding president, Uhuru Kenyatta hopes to take up his father's mantle despite facing trial for crimes against humanity over election violence five years ago.
At 68, Raila Odinga, Kenya's prime minister and historical opposition leader, is having his third and likely final stab at the country's top job.
As Kenya goes to the polls next week, here are the key dates between disputed 2007 general elections which were followed by deadly violence and forthcoming polls on March 4.
