Low Turnout in Kenya Presidential Election

October 26, 2017 5:19 AM

Officials close a ballot box in Bamburi, Kenya, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Security officers on guard outside Kinyanjui Nairobi polling center, but no voters in sight. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Few voters line up to cast ballots at a polling station in Bamburi, Kenya, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station at the Kinyanjui school in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Voter identification is checked before casting a ballot at the Bamburi Mombasa polling station, Oct. 26, 217. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Polling station employees inspect voter ballot, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Polling station chief shows empty ballot box, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)

Voter casts ballot at Kinyanjui polling station in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 26, 2017. (Photo: VOA Swahili service)