Violence mars Kenyan elections as police officers killed

Thousands of Kenyans lined up outside polling booths long before dawn Several Kenyan police officers were murdered overnight in Mombasa, in an ominous start to the presidential election today. Hours before hundreds of Kenyans began queueing outside polling stations before dawn, dozens of men ambushed the police officers and hacked them to death. People started lining up outside polling stations from as early as 4:00am to cast their vote in the historic election, with polls officially opening at 6:00am (0300GMT). Voters packed side streets as they queued in long lines in Mombasa, despite the ambush, which has been blamed on a coastal separatist movement.

Personal opinion:

Kenya tries to become democratic but there are a still  a lot of defenders of the old regime and they scare the people with violence in order to avoid democratic elections. But although most of the Kenyan people are humble, they resist in order to vote for better times.