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Hundreds of voters form long queues outside Ol Kalou Comprehensive School polling station as they wait patiently to cast their ballots during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Residents of Ol Kalou turned out in large numbers on Thursday to elect their next Member of Parliament, forming long queues at polling stations across the constituency from the early morning hours.

Voting began at 6 a.m. and proceeded peacefully, with voters steadily casting ballots at the 144 polling stations spread across the constituency's five wards.

A total of 73,480 registered voters were expected to participate in the by-election, with polling set to close at 5 p.m.