Voting has started in most
polling stations in Nairobi.
Voters started trooping to
polling stations as early as 3am Tuesday, hours ahead of the official voting
time of 6am.
11:30AM: Nasa
presidential candidate Raila Odinga arrives at Old Kibera Primary School to
cast his vote.
11AM: IEBC
press conference
Wafula Chebukati: Most
polling stations opened on time and the turnout is encouraging.
Chebukati: In Nairobi,
Embakasi East, Kasarani and Westlands experienced delays and we have replaced
the presiding officers in the three constituencies and voting ongoing.
10AM: A man
said to be epileptic collapses while waiting to vote at Moi Avenue Primary
School, Starehe constituency, No ambulance or first aiders on sight.
A NYS official and other
voters helped the man who had collapsed.
9:30AM: Voters
at Kangemi social hall in Westlands constituency.
9AM: Voters queue at Green Span Mall polling center in Embakasi
East constituency. Voting yet to start.
8AM: Voters
queue on Haile Selassie Avenue. The voters are registered at the adjacent Kenya
Polytechnic in Starehe constituency. The station has 5,119 voters.
7:30AM: Very
long queue at Nyayo stadium going nearly round it. This centre has 12 polling
stations with at least 8,000 voters in Langata constituency.
Crowd at Embakasi social hall
Embakasi East where voters are complaining of poor queue management.
A parking for motorcycles at
Moi Avenue Primary school polling centre in Starehe constituency where
thousands of voters had lined up to vote by 4am.
7AM:
Voting is going on smoothly at ACK Trinity church in Kibra, NSSF grounds in
Starehe and Embakasi Primary School Nairobi County.
Start of voting at Uhuru
Primary School, Nairobi delayed for an hour as IEBC officials experience
challenges with electronic biometric devises, Faith Nyamai reports.
Commonwealth observers at
Nairobi polling station.
