In hope or despair, Kenyans choose new president from familiar faces

A polling official carries electoral materials from an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) tallying centre ahead of the general election in Nairobi, Kenya August 8, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyans voted in national elections on Tuesday, forming long queues at ballot stations in the heartlands of presidential frontrunners Raila Odinga and William Ruto, while elsewhere turnout was dampened by widespread voter apathy and frustration.

Kenya is holding presidential, legislative and local elections at a time when its citizens are growing increasingly exasperated at surging food prices and ingrained corruption.