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Election diary: How we got here

A lady marks her ballot papers while voting at the NSSF grounds polling station, Starehe constituency in Nairobi during Kenya's general elections on 08/08/2017. [Photo/PIUS CHERUIYOT/STANDARD)

When Kenyans went to the polls on August 8 to elect their leaders, little did they know that they would have another election to contend with.

The events that led to today’s repeat presidential election have been the most dramatic in the history of the country.

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