Kenyan voters' views: Grace

Grace Achieng Onyango, 36, runs a community-based organisation in the town of Mtwapa, north of Mombasa in Coastal province.

Grace spoke to the BBC News website from the town of Bamburi, south of Mtwapa at 1430 GMT.

Grace was tempted to vote for President Kibaki

I woke very early to go and vote in Mombasa.

There was a lot of people.

Security was tight and it was all fair.

People didn't understand the alphabetical order and so some didn't know that they were getting in the wrong line and then when they had to queue all over again they were annoyed.

COASTAL PROVINCE Political affiliation: ODM (Odinga) majority Ethnicity: Taita-Taveta; Miji Kenda; Pokomo; others Issues: Poor infrastructure; neglected cashew nut production; maritime industry

People turned out in large numbers.

The weather today was very good in Mombasa - calm and not very hot, so people were not too uncomfortable waiting.

But it was very congested with everyone pushing and pulling.

Everyone so determined to cast their vote.

Some people had come a long way, even from the US, Switzerland and Canada just to vote.

I have one worry and that is the violence. It frightens me Grace, Mtwapa Grace's pre-poll views

All shops and businesses and everywhere are closed, so people just vote and then go back home.

I am going to spend this evening sitting in front of my television watching the results coming in and finding out who our president will be.

I will wait and see.

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