Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans went to the polls on Monday to begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country’s most important — and complicated — in its 50-year history.
Kenya’s Election: Nationwide Polls See High Turnout, Limited Violence
PHIL MOORE / AFP / Getty Images
Kenyan Somali lady walks with her ballot cards in the Eastleigh district of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on March 4, 2013 during the nationwide elections.