Frustrated by delays and confusion, voters shouted at election officials Monday when some polling stations opened hours late as Kenya held its second multiparty election in 31 years. Two people were killed in election violence.
The Electoral Commission reported problems at many of the country's 12,700 polling stations. Some ballots were delivered to the wrong locations, others never arrived.Election officials agreed to a second day of polling Tuesday to make up for the delays.
President Daniel arap Moi was counting on voters' fear of the violence that has swept through neighboring African countries to win a fifth, five-year term.
The 73-year-old leader urged Kenya's 9 million voters to go to the polls "with sober reflection that will ensure continued peace and stability for our country."
Although Moi is expected to win, he may face a runoff against one of a dozen contenders.
One top contender, Charity Ngilu, charged Moi's ruling Kenyan African National Union party with vote rigging Monday and said she would challenge the results if Moi won.
Ngilu and her backers stormed electoral offices in central Kitui district, 70 miles east of Nairobi, and took about 1,000 voter cards that she alleged were bought by KANU.
Moi's contenders have blamed him for the corruption that has cost Kenya international loans and ruined roads, schools and hospitals.
Flooding canceled voting in three precincts in northeastern Kenya, KTN-TV reported, forcing residents to paddle boats to nearby polling stations. A two-hour downpour drenched voters in the southern city of Mombasa, but nearly everyone remained in line.
Long lines formed outside voting stations before dawn. Armed police were posted outside, a sign of the violence that has marred the campaign.
Police said two people were killed Monday in a political clash in western Siaya district, 180 miles northwest of Nairobi.
On Sunday, three people were killed in election-related violence in southwest Kenya, police said. About 50 people were killed in the Trans Mara area, 130 miles west of Nairobi, in the weeks before the ballot.
At a primary school in Nairobi's Westlands neighborhood, police struggled to control crowds that were shouting angrily at election officials who delivered the wrong ballot papers.
In the western city of Kisumu, Hannington Dache waited impatiently in a line of 250 people. "The exercise is very, very slow, and people as old as I will get tired and walk away before they vote," the 70-year-old said.
Ballots did not arrive for local races in several Kisumu districts. Polling officer Ngoya Opuga urged voters to choose a president now, and local leaders when the papers arrived.