On Wednesday morning, the election commission website showed Kenyatta leading with 54.4 percent of the votes against 44.8 percent for Odinga, a margin of almost 1.4 million votes, after 94 percent of the votes were counted.
"The commission met our agents and they expressed their intention to make this a smooth process, while laying down the ground rules for how they can raise their grievances in an organised way", said Mr Muthiora Kariara, Dr Japheth Kavinga Kaluyu's running mate.
"I think the people are looking back at 2007 when a similar situation caused a lot of violence".
"There are a lot of people in line, and it is going to take some time, and we are going to need to be very patient", said Kerry, chief election observer for The Carter Center.
Kenya's citizens voted in the general election on Tuesday. Around 1,200 people were killed and 600,000 displaced.
Results are not expected until Wednesday at the earliest, but with the predicted margin between the two leading presidential candidates razor thin, it could be several days before a victor can be declared. "It is unfair and we are asking the electoral commission to announce correct results. Islam is a religion of peace and we Muslims join in the call for peaceful elections".
The IEBC is expected to release a press briefing later today as they have also not provided the required forms that will allow required parties to confirm the results streaming in. Its chairman Wafula Chebukati added: 'For now, I can not say whether or not the system has been hacked'.
"There are of course other serious anomalies that we have pointed out that distorted the figures of the presidential poll".
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In the Kibera slum, there was also tension over the opposition allegations of election hacking and fraud, according to witnesses.
"People are not happy", said opposition supporter Oyoo Ogango, 30, who is unemployed with three children. "I hope nothing happens but we are all tensed".
For them, this is not just another election.
"I$3 am super excited about the election this year ..." "I urge Kenyans to work for an election - and aftermath - that is peaceful and credible - reinforcing confidence of your constitution and the future of your country".
Reuters reported that police fired tear gas in Kisumu, western Kenya, an opposition stronghold, to disperse opposition supporters chanting, "No Raila, no peace". Kalu attributed the strong turnout to voter education, carried out by churches and other religious and secular groups. In the weeks that followed, members of Kibaki's Kikuyu ethnic group and Odinga's Luo group attacked, killed and raped one another and burned down houses.
The contest between President Uhuru Kenyatta, a wealthy 55-year-old businessman, and Odinga, 72, a former political prisoner and son of Kenya's first vice president, has been a hard-fought election that stoked fears of possible violence. Memories of the 2007 election in particular, which sparked violence that resulted in at least 1,300 deaths, are still fresh.
In 2013, Odinga took his concerns to court, quelling potential clashes.
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