Kama jaluo rade gi joluo wadgi

The Electoral Commission has said it is prepared to bend the rules for this polling station.

If a person's name does not appear on the voters' role, they can still vote if they produce their national identity card and voter's card.

Officials are writing down their names and both of the numbers.

But I am standing amidst a rowdy crowd who are unhappy with the situation.

They say that they want to vote the official way and they fear this will be a loop-hole for vote rigging.

Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement is one of those whose name is missing.

He is expected here soon to cast his ballot.

Noel Mwakugu : Kakamega, Western Province : 0851 GMT

I am in the Sabatia constituency - home to Musalia Mudavadi, running mate of the Orange Democratic Movement's Raila Odinga.

Most night clubs and pubs remained closed to allow many voters remain sober ahead of polling day

Noel Mwakugu, Kibera

As we were driving through the town, people shouted ODM slogans at us.

Here at Mululu Primary School there are no queues as most people have voted.

The presiding officer has just told me that queues formed from 0500 local time (0200 GMT) and 250 voters out of the 319 registered at this polling station have voted.

Those who have just cast their ballots are wandering home through the streets under umbrellas to shade themselves from the sun.

At the main Chanakanga trading centre, shops are closed.

John Nene : Nakuru, Rift Valley : 0816 GMT

I am driving in my car between polling stations. The town is quiet as all the shops are closed and people are taking voting seriously.

The queues are very long - and after initial delays, the lines are moving and the mood is patient.

Police on duty in Kibera, 27 December 2007

Vote in pictures

It's not too hot - so it's perfect weather for queuing, and people are being considerate to elderly and women with young children, giving them priority.

This is a stronghold of President Mwai Kibaki, but I also spoke to some opposition Orange Democratic Movement supporters in the queues.

Electoral officials have told me that elsewhere in the Rift Valley Province there have been some voting problems.

Some areas have not been sent enough presidential ballot papers and in Chenaner and Mukeu, voting has not started as local election ballots have not arrived.

Officials say mobile polling stations have been set up for the more than 200,000 people displaced in communal violence before the elections in Kuresoi, 70km from Nakuru.

Adam Mynott : Nairobi : 0806 GMT

Voting in Westlands Primary School has been vigorous and non-stop - the queue is long it goes round the corner and into the street for about one kilometre.

Ruth Nesoba : Kibera, Nairobi : 0648 GMT

Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has just arrived at this polling station at Old Kibera Primary School where voting has yet to start.

He is being escorted by police officers, the cheering is loud and the atmosphere charged.

Odiambo Joseph : Mombasa, Coastal Province : 0636 GMT

Voting started on time here and there are long queues - but people are unhappy about the slow process.

Ruth Nesoba : Kibera, Nairobi : 0634 GMT

Voting has been good humoured in Kisumu

The situation here at Old Kibera Primary School is going from bad to worse.

Voting still has not started three and a half hours after the polls should have opened and officials seem to have abandoned their duties.

People are agitated and shouting - and some are trying to jump through the windows at Old Kibera Primary School.

Karen Allen : Kibera : 0609 GMT

Hundreds of people are queuing here at Olympic Primary School in Kibera, which is the backyard for one of the main presidential candidates, Raila Odinga, where he is also defending a parliamentary seat.

I can see people shaking their fists

Ruth Nesoba, Kibera

There are separate lines for men and women and the process is slow.

Despite this, the mood is upbeat.

Election observers are here and security is tight. Occasionally a whistle is blown to alert officials if someone is trying to push into a line.

Noel Mwakugu : Kisumu, Nyanza Province : 0608 GMT

Samuel Oyugi, a second-time voter here at Manyatta Primary School has just come up to tell me that he has seen some of the ballot papers marked with ink.

He is now going around the queues of voters warning them to check their ballots and reject them if marked and demand clean ones.

"If they accept the ballots could be dismissed as spoilt and deny our leader Raila Odinga victory," he is saying.

Uduak Amimo : Nairobi : 0541 GMT

Voting is in full swing - it's been peaceful and calm.

One of the country's comedians, Walter Mongare, is at this polling centre at Westlands Primary School dressed in full character as Nyambane, a country bumpkin - urging people to vote.

Noel Mwakugu : Kisumu, Nyanza Province : 0539 GMT

The situation since early this morning has been calm in Kisumu despite yesterday's police killings.

Here at the polling station at Manyatta Primary School the turnout is massive - I can see the line going right across the football pitch.

And some who have cast their vote are gathering outside the school to wait for results.

Ruth Nesoba : Kibera, Nairobi : 0536 GMT

Voting has not started here and tempers are running high.

Electoral officials say it's a problem of logistics.

I am tired but my fatigue is nothing compared to my duty today

Voter Derick Lwugi, Chamakanga

At the polls: Voters' log

They have not enough election materials and ballot papers and boxes are missing.

People have been banging on doors and I can see people shaking their fists.

They are complaining because some have been queuing since 0300 (0000 GMT) - and the queues are getting very long.

Noel Mwakugu : Kisumu, Nyanza Province : 0530 GMT

Many polling stations have been jammed by eager voters many of whom are first timers.

An irate mob burns a tyre in the middle of a road in Homa Bay in Nyanza Province

There was violence on Boxing Day in Nyanza Province

Despite the Christmas mood in the air most night clubs and pubs remained closed to allow many voters remain sober ahead of polling day as a manager at Mon Amie restaurant told me when I went to get me dinner as they were closing shop.

Earlier some politicians in the rural parts of Kisumu city were allegedly offering free local brew to youth in the aim to keep them drunk possibly to keep them off the polling stations but most offers were rejected am told.

Muliro Telewa : Mwingi, Eastern Province : 0442 GMT

This is the home town of Kalonzo Musyoka of the ODM-Kenya party.

It has been peaceful here during the campaign - and a number of people are gathering to vote here at Mwingi Primary School.

There is a lot of excitement as they want to see Mr Musyoka cast his vote - he is expected here at 1100 local time (0800 GMT).

Uduak Amimo : Nairobi : 0434 GMT

Voting started here at Westlands Primary School with a whimper, despite the fact that people were queuing from as early at 0500 (0200 GMT).

There was chaos as officials tried to find the key to open the school gates.

Voting is now under way after the gates were opened 20 minutes late.

The classrooms have been turned into polling stations - there are 17 where some 13,000 voters are registered.

Some voters have complained that it has been difficult to find out where to vote, as names on the lists are not in alphabetical order.

Westlands, in the west of the capital city, is a potential flashpoint for violence, but it is calm and there is a police presence.

Noel Mwakugu : Kisumu, Nyanza Province : 0336 GMT

It is calm here in this lakeside city after yesterday's violence when at least three policemen were killed over allegations that a section of the security services were planning to rig the elections.

Polls opened on time and I can see a long line of eager voters right down the street in front of the Aga Khan Social Hall in the Kisumu East constituency, where 200,000 voters are registered.

Kisumu is a stronghold of the presidential contender Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement.

Many voters have been chanting slogans since early this morning - some were here as early as 0430 local time (0130 GMT).