Former prime minister and current presidential candidate Raila Odinga cast his ballot on Tuesday, August 8, in Kibera, a slum district of Nairobi, for the Kenyan presidential election against incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Long lines of voters were stretching through streets across Nairobi as polling stations opened for Kenya’s closely contested presidential and parliamentary elections on Tuesday, August 8.
News website The Citizen reported that several people were injured in a stampede at one Nairobi polling station. The closing week of the election campaign was also marred by the murder of election official Chris Msando and claims of vote-rigging. Credit: Raila Odinga via Storyful
