Kenyans await elections results

Kenyans are awaiting results in their country's presidential election, after millions cast their votes on Monday.

With 25% of polling stations reporting, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta held an early lead over his main rival, Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

The head of the electoral commission emphasised these were provisional figures and urged Kenyans to wait patiently for the final outcome.

By early Tuesday, Mr Kenyatta of the Jubilee alliance had established a lead over Mr Odinga, who heads the Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD).

With 25.03% of polling stations reporting, the 51-year-old deputy prime minister had 1.53m votes, or 55.09%, while the 68-year-old prime minister had 1.12m, or 40.33%, local media reported.

Analysts cautioned that early counting favoured Kenyatta strongholds.

The next nearest challenger was Musailia Mudavadi, of the Peace coalition, who trailed far behind with 80,970 votes, or 2.9%.

None of the other five candidates for the presidency had more than 1%.

Final results are expected to be announced later on Tuesday.

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