The voters who took their babies to the vote

She tells the BBC that she hopes her favorite candidates win and that she is glad she voted for them.

The voters who took their babies to the vote

Mercy Juma of the BBC posted this image of Selah Zainabu, a mother who had been waiting in line with her two-year-old child since 4:00 a.m. local time, despite the freezing morning chill in Nairobi, the country's capital.

She explained that she didn't have somebody to leave the kid with at home.

With no one at home to watch over her infant daughter, Alice Adhiambo began lining up elsewhere in Nakuru City in the Rift Valley around three in the morning.

She tells the BBC that she hopes her favorite candidates win and that she is glad she voted for them.

When voting, the elderly, the disabled, and expectant women and those with young children typically receive preference.