President Uhuru Kenyatta, Jubilee's presidential candidate in the rerun of the presidential poll. [Photo/www.standardmedia.co.ke]
Unlike the August 8 election that saw polling centers burst at the seams with voters, that has not been the case with the rerun of the presidential poll.
The rerun, according to most media reports, was characterised by short queues with those who voted saying that they did not have to stay in queues for long.
The New York Times, a revered international paper, perhaps cogently captured the low turnout aspect of the poll than other newspapers in a headline titled ''Low turnout in Kenya's do-over election raises concerns''.
The low turnout could give Jubilee insiders sleepless nights as it could very well mean a significant reduction of the 8 million votes their presidential candidate, President Uhuru Kenyatta, got in the August 8 poll.
Already NASA leaders have hailed the low turnout as a vindication of their strongly-held claim that Uhuru's win in August 8 election had been doctored.
''They said that he got 8 million votes. How come this time round they are not getting those numbers even after campaigning.'' Musalia Mudavadi wondered aloud.
Political commentators have warned that the low turnout could be used as a basis for contesting the legitimacy of the Uhuru presidency.