And those candidates who do not adapt might find themselves out of office. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Inside a Nairobi polling station with the BBC's Anne Soy

Kenya's incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken a strong lead as votes are counted after Tuesday's election. The test will come when the polls close, the votes are counted and the results have to be transmitted to the tallying centres. Twenty one of Kenya’s 47 counties have higher numbers of women registered to vote than men, including Turkana, Samburu, two of seven counties considered swing regions in this election, according to the risk consultancy Maplecroft. Kenya's election in numbers:

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Kenya elections 2017: "Six-piece" vote explained

Six separate ballot papers : For president, national assembly, female representatives, governors, senate and county assemblies

: For president, national assembly, female representatives, governors, senate and county assemblies 47 parliamentary seats and 16 senate seats reserved for women

and 16 senate seats reserved for women Eight presidential candidates : President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga are favourites

: President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga are favourites Kenyatta beat Odinga in 2013 - their fathers were also political rivals in the 1960s

A candidate needs 50% plus one vote for first-round victory

vote for first-round victory More than 14,000 candidates running across the six elections

running across the six elections More than 45% of registered voters under 35

Some 180,000 security officers on duty nationwide in case of trouble

Decoding the poll

Vote strains mixed ethnicity marriages

What first-time voters make of it all

View of those behind 2007 poll violence

Chief EU observer Marietje Schaake said much would depend on the faith people hold in the new electronic voting system. Yet, Kenya’s 9.4 million female voters, 47% of registered voters, have been an afterthought in an election that hinges on turnout and undecided voters.
Voters in Kenya go to the polls to elect the President, as well as members of the National Assembly and Senate.