Kenyans wait in long lines to vote in pivotal election

Record ID: 905699

  • Title: Kenyans wait in long lines to vote in pivotal election
  • Date: 8th August 2017
  • Summary: GATUNDU, KENYA (AUGUST 8, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUES OUTSIDE POLLING STATIONS
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2017 12:28
  • Keywords: Kenyans queue large numbers voters waiting President Uhuru Kenyatta Raila Odinga political dynasties rivals general election
  • Location: GATUNDU, KENYA
  • City: GATUNDU, KENYA
  • Country: Kenya
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016TAPOW7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Kenyans queued in large numbers through fields and along pavements early on Tuesday (August 8) to vote in the latest electoral showdown between the country's main political dynasties.
    Shrouded in fears of violence, the close-fought clash pits President Uhuru Kenyatta, 55, the businessman son of Kenya's founding president, against Raila Odinga, a 72-year-old former political prisoner and son of Kenya's first vice-president.
    The arch rivals are facing each other for the second time, and opinion polls have put them neck-and-neck after two months of campaigning marked by fiery rhetoric but public speeches largely free of the ethnic hate that has sullied previous contests.
    The winner needs one vote more than 50 percent.
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