Kenya election:voting amid tightened security and unrest

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Kenya's are voting amid tight security in  re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition.
A teenage boy was shot by police and later died amid clashes in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold where some have blocked access to polling stations.
President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in an august vote,but it is being held again over "irregularities".
Turnout appears high in ruling party strongholds but lower elsewhere.
Mr Kenyatta  is seeking a second term.opposition leader Raila Odinga has pulled out of the contest.
The polls opened at 06:00 [03:00 GMT] with tens of thousands of police and other security staff deployed to protect voters and polling stations.
International observers have scaled down their missions for security reasons.
One voter in Nairobi's Mathare Slum, taxi driver David Njeru, 26, told the AFP news agancy: "it is my duty to vote. Last time the queue was all around the block and i waited six hours to vote, this time the people are few."
After Casting his vote in the town of Gatundu, Mr Kenyatta urged people to cast their ballots so the country could move on.
"We're tired as a country of electioneering. it's time we moved forward," he said, adding that most of the country was "calm and peaceful"

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