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Photos: Older citizens turn up to vote as youth opt-out

A police officer helps an elderly woman as she walks to Chepkobegh Primary School polling station to cast her vote. [Irissheel Shanzu, Standard]

Senior citizens continue to defy age and failing health to choose their preferred candidates despite a decline in the number of young people registering and turning out to vote in Kenyan elections.

Like on August 9 when a significant number of the elderly took to polling stations to elect leaders of their choice, dozens, as of 11am, continue to trickle to polling stations in eight electoral areas after they opened Monday.

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