People voted, and waited behind to witness the counting and collation of votes; media stations ran a live coverage of the elections while it lasted, and very importantly, young people influenced the exercise with the flood of information available via twitter, facebook and blackberry messaging. 
Watu walipiga kura, na kusubiri ili washuhudie kuhesabiwa na kupangwa kwa kura; vituo vya habari vilirusha matangazo ya moja kwa moja ya uchaguzi wakati unaendelea, na muhimu zaidi, vijana walielekeza zoezi zima kwa mafuriko ya taarifa zilizopatikana kwa njia ya twita, facebook na ujumbe wa blackberry.