At least 15 were killed in Kenya on the Monday, in the wake of national elections.

Reuters.com reported that machete-wielding gangs killed 15 or more as Kenyans took to the polls in the first presidential election since a disputed 2007 result unleashed weeks of bloodshed.

When the polls closed Monday and the results started coming in, it was reported that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta slightly ahead of Prime Minister Raila Odinga, with ballots in from 10 percent of the polling stations.

At the time of reporting, is still too early to predict the outcome.

For the most part, the voting reportedly took place peacefully as the country of 14.3 million saw a 70 percent voter turnout.

During the 2007 bloodshed, more than 1,200 people were killed because disputes over the election results fueled clashes between tribal loyalists of rival candidates.

Before Monday's voting began, at least nine security officers were hacked to death in two attacks, according to local police.

Six of those attackers were also killed, Police Chief Aggrey Adoli told Reuters.

A grenade attack at an election center in the eastern town of Garissa near the Somali border shickingly did not cause any injuries, a government official said.

Two civilians were shot dead in Garissa during a bomb blast in the Mandera area. Four others were wounded.

A separatist movement has been to blame for some of the deaths. Police blamed the movement for two deaths in Mombasa Monday.

The group, Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) has denied of its separatist movement that wasn't done peacefully. MRC wanted the national vote scrapped and a referendum on secession instead.

At the Kilifi site, a piece of paper lay on the ground with the words: "MRC. Coast is not Kenya. We don't want elections. We want our own country."