Kenyan authorities are indefinitely delaying further attempts to hold a repeat presidential election in some areas due to the risk of violence.
The east African nation was due to hold elections on Saturday in four western counties, after residents blocked roads and clashed with police during an attempt to hold the polls there on Thursday.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the contest earlier this month, saying the contest against President Uhuru Kenyatta was not going to be fair.
In the rest of Kenya, most polling stations were able to open, but turnout was below 35 per cent and there were clashes in Nairobi slums and in the coastal city of Mombasa.
Kenyatta has won over 97 per cent of votes counted so far but the poor turnout has damaged his second-term mandate.
Pockets of violence continued on Friday, with police saying they shot dead one man, bringing to five the number of confirmed deaths since voting began on Thursday.
In the Nairobi slum of Kawangware, a Reuters witness saw nearly 100 youths armed with machetes in red T-shirts - the colour of the ruling party - as a group of opposition supporters clashed with police.
The vote has exposed Kenya's deep political and ethnic divisions as violence flares and court cases drag on. It is being closely watched as Kenya is a regional trade and logistics hub and powerful security ally for Western nations.
Kenya's first election, in August, was annulled by the courts because of procedural irregularities, denying Kenyatta a simple victory over his political rival. Turnout in that election was 80 per cent.
Around 50 people have been killed since the original vote, raising fears of sustained violence only a decade after 1200 people were killed in serious ethnic fighting after another disputed vote.
