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Voters started queuing before dawn across Kenya on Tuesday, eager to have their say over who will run the country for the next five years.

“I think for the first time in the history of multi-party democracy in Kenya, all the candidates have undertaken that they will accept the outcome of the results,” he told the BBC.

They were blocked from entering the compound of the school for 90 minutes after voting was supposed to start at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT).

There have also been reports of delays in the coastal area of Mombasa and some parts of the north-east of the country.

Anyone still in the queue at closing time will be allowed to vote.

The chairman of the electoral commission, Wafula Chebukati, who was also in charge of the 2017 vote, has frequently tried to reassure Kenyans that his team will be up to the task this time.

Counting will start at the polling stations shortly after voting ends