Shortly after casting his ballot at his home constituency in Uasin Gishu county, western Kenya, Deputy President William Ruto told the BBC he wasn't impressed by the opposition threat to start civil disobedience to push for reforms:
"We are a country governed by rules. Anybody who tells us now that this is [going to change] is simply not telling us anything positive.
All attempts to create civil disobedience and disorder in Kenya will not succeed.
We know that there is an attempt by others to drive a narrative of illegitimacy, but that will fail.
Because the people of Kenya have stepped forward – except those who have been prevented by hooligans and rioters – to discharge their responsibility.
The legitimacy of this election is going to be measured not by people… but [by] the constitution.
Will this election meet the constitutional threshold for us to have a president? That is the yardstick upon which this election will be measured.
And I want to tell you: we will get to that yardstick with flying colours."