Kenyan Voters Undeterred by Long Lines, Morning Rain, Afternoon Heat

Kenyan voters are seen queuing to cast their ballots at 6 a.m. in Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. (L. Ruvaga/VOA)

A Kenyan voter catches up with the day's news as he waits in line with others to cast his ballot. (L. Ruvaga/VOA)

Women carrying babies cast their vote in Gatundu in Kiambu county, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

A prisoner votes during the national election at the Kamiti Maximum Security Prison near Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

Kenyans queue to cast their vote during the presidential election in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, casts his vote during the presidential election at Kibera primary school, outside the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is greeted by supporters after casting his vote in the Kenya election in his hometown of Gatundu in Kiambu county, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

Former U.S. secretary of state John Kerry and former prime minister of Senegal Aminata Touré, co-leaders of the Carter Center’s election observation mission in Kenya, are seen at the Westlands Primary School in Nairobi. (J. Craig/VOA)

A Maasai lines up to vote in Bissil, 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

Lydia Gathoni Kiingati, 102, reacts after having her finger inked, after casting her vote just after dawn at a polling station in Gatundu, north of Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017.

Cardboard voting booths are seen at a parking lot that has been temporarily converted into polling center, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017. (J. Craig/VOA)

People queue to vote at a parking lot that has been temporarily converted into polling center, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 8, 2017. (J. Craig/VOA)