Al Jazeera: Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's deputy prime minister, is in the lead in the country's presidential poll, taking 54 per cent of the approximately one third of votes so far tallied by the election commission.

The early count on Tuesday put Raila Odinga, outgoing prime minister, at 41 per cent of the vote and Musalia Mudavadi at eight per cent. Kenyans voted on Monday for a president, senators, members of parliament, county governors and representatives to the newly formed county assembly.

Counting began on Monday evening after a turnout of more than 12 million kept some polling stations open beyond the official time. Kenyatta, son of the nation's first president, is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged role in inciting post-election violence that led to the deaths of more than 1,200 people in 2007.