"There is no voting here, leave us alone," protesters shouted. "No Raila no peace!"
Kenyan officers charge at stone-throwing residents during clashes in Kibera on Thursday
Josephine Wambui, 93, woke up at dawn to wait for her son to take her to the polling station in Kiambu. She told CNN she's voted in every election since Kenya gained independence in 1963, and this will be no different.
"I am happy to vote. It is just a matter of coming to the polls and exercising my right," she said. "I have a rightful civic duty to perform."
The opposition boycott is expected to hand victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta, but in a poll that will be affected by low turnout.
A Kenyan policeman sits outside an empty polling station in Mombasa on Thursday.
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