One country two faces

Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen and Marakwet East residents queue to vote at Kakimiti polling centre yesterday. [Fred Kibor, Standard]

The fresh presidential election exposed two sides of a country where on the one hand peaceful voting went on in some areas while chaos reigned in others, with police clashing with protesters.

In central Kenya and Rift Valley, low voter turnout in the morning gradually improved as the day wore on.