The BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse reports from a polling station in a Nairobi slum where violent clashes erupted in 2007
Long queues are reported nationwide as Kenyans vote in an election that observers describe as the most important in the country's history.
Voters are complaining of having to wait under a hot sun for several hours.
There has been a series of violent incidents around the port town of Mombasa, with at least five police officers killed in one attack.
Authorities have urged Kenyans to avoid the widespread bloodshed that followed the disputed 2007 election.
More than 1,000 people died in ethnic and political violence following claims the poll had been rigged.
One of the frontrunners in the presidential poll, Uhuru Kenyatta, is due to face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) next month in connection with the 2007 violence - he denies organising attacks.
His main rival is Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who says he was cheated of victory last time.
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