Voters line up before voting at a polling station.
Long lines formed across Kenya on Tuesday as voters waited to cast their ballots in a hotly contested election that pits incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta against former prime minister Raila Odinga.
Here, Maasai voters line up before voting at a polling station in Saikeri, Kajiado West County.
🗳Kenya’s last election in 2013 was mainly peaceful, but a decade ago, the country plunged into widespread violence in the aftermath of the 2007 vote.
More than 1,000 people were killed in months of bloodshed following the 2007 election after Odinga — defeated by then-President Mwai Kibaki — claimed the vote was rigged.
Odinga, 72, has accused Kenyatta of attempting to rig this year’s election. Kenyatta in turn has said Odinga is attempting to divide the country.
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