At least 15 people have killed in election day violence in
Kenya, but that hasn't stopped millions of citizens from waiting
for hours to vote in the nation's first presidential election
since 2007. Gangs of men affiliated with a regional secessionist
movement descended on a handful of polling places with guns and
machetes, sparking battles with police that left both officers
and gang members dead. At least 20 others were injured after a
stampede at a crowded polling station south of the capital of
Nairobi.  Still, given the outrageous violence
that occurred during the last Kenyan election, today's relative
calm and long lines were an encouraging sign for pro-democratic
forces. The disputed results of the last election led to
widespread sectarian violence that killed more than 1,200 people
and displaced hundredes of thousands.   The new poll attacks are
being blamed on the Mombasa Republican Council,
a secessionist group calling for city of Mobasa and it
surrounding region to declare independence from greater