Kenyatta takes early lead in Kenya poll March 5, 2013 - 7:23PM Early results show Deputy Premier Uhuru Kenyatta has taken the lead in Kenya's presidential election. He is reported to be ahead of Premier Raila Odinga in the first elections since a disputed presidential run-off vote sparked ethnic clashes in December 2007. More than 1000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced after Odinga, now making his third bid for the presidency, claimed he was cheated by President Mwai Kibaki, who is stepping down after two terms in office. Kenyatta and his vice-presidential running mate, William Ruto, are among four people indicted by the International Criminal Court for their alleged roles in orchestrating ethnic violence after the disputed Kibaki-Odinga run-off vote in 2007. Although the election was mostly peaceful, more than a dozen people were killed in the coastal city of Mombasa, in attacks police blamed on a separatist movement. With nearly a third of the votes counted, Kenyatta has received about 54 per cent and Odinga about 41 per cent. Six other candidates trailed by a wide margin. Analysts cautioned that many of the wards that had reported so far were Kenyatta strongholds. Some 14.3 million people registered to vote. Turnout was expected to be above 2007's 70 per cent.