US President Barack Obama has urged the people of Kenya, where his father was born, to avoid violence and intimidation in next month’s elections.
He posted the message, which begins with a greeting in Swahili, on YouTube.
He said the polls were a chance for Kenyans to come together to show they were not just members of tribes or ethnic groups, but a proud nation.
Kenya’s disputed presidential election in 2007 descended into violence in which more than 1,000 were killed.
Kenyans head to the polls on 4 March to vote for president and other offices in the first national election since that violence.