President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/wikipedia]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken an early lead in the repeat presidential elections.
By press time, preliminary results displayed on IEBC website indicated that Uhuru was leading with a margin of 99%.
Uhuru was leading with 11, 451 votes, followed by Raila Odinga who had withdrawn from the race.
Raila had 66 votes which represent 0.6% of votes cast.
Other candidates Mohamed Abduba Dida, John Ekuru Longoggy Aukot, Shakhalaga Khwa Jirongo, Japhet KavingaKaluyu, Michael Wainaina Mwaura, and Joseph William Nthiga Nyagah had less than 0.1% of votes.
Earlier in the day, IEBC announced that election in the counties of Kisumu, Migori, Homa Bay and Siaya had been postponed after violence rocked the exercise.
Voting had failed to take place in the counties after NASA leader Raila Odinga announced that his supporters should boycott the poll.