Kenya votes close presidential election

By Cara Anna
Updated August 9 2022 - 5:38pm, first published 5:34pm
Kenyans must choose between opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto. (AP PHOTO)
Kenyans must choose between opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto. (AP PHOTO)

Voting is well under way in Kenya's unusual presidential election, where a longtime opposition leader who is backed by the outgoing president faces the brash deputy president who styles himself as the outsider and a "hustler."

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