Quotes from Nairobi residents ahead of Kenya's presidential vote on Monday

In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, a woman walks past election campaign posters of presidential aspirant Raila Odinga in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya on Monday holds its first presidential election since its 2007 vote devolved into months of tribal violence, and in recent weeks in Nairobi's most dangerous slum Mathare dozens of tin shack homes have been burned to the ground and some families are moving into zones controlled by their own clans. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi) (The Associated Press)

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In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, a mother and her child walk past a wall plastered with election campaigning posters in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya on Monday holds its first presidential election since its 2007 vote devolved into months of tribal violence, and in recent weeks in Nairobi's most dangerous slum Mathare dozens of tin shack homes have been burned to the ground and some families are moving into zones controlled by their own clans. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (The Associated Press)

In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, children play street games in an alley of the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya on Monday holds its first presidential election since its 2007 vote devolved into months of tribal violence, and in recent weeks in Nairobi's most dangerous slum Mathare dozens of tin shack homes have been burned to the ground and some families are moving into zones controlled by their own clans. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) (The Associated Press)

NAIROBI, Kenya – On Monday Kenya holds a presidential election for the first time since more than 1,000 people were killed and 600,000 displaced because of ethnic tensions and violence after the nation's 2007 presidential election. The government has been running peace campaigns, but fears are still high that there may be violence. Below are quotes from residents in Mathare and Kibera, two of Nairobi's biggest slums:

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"This time they won't react at all. They are tired of war. This time it will be peaceful. People say so." — Lucas Awol, 39-year-old bar owner in Kibera.

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"Violence will erupt because of results they don't like. I know these people. They won't accept the results," said Lewis Kamau, a 32-year-old Kikuyu electrician in the Mathare slum who supports Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta — an ethnic Kikuyu — for the presidential position. Despite that, he wore a hat for President Raila Odinga for what he said was his own protection from Luo attacks, Odinga's tribe.

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"They're going to steal the vote the way they did for (President Mwai) Kibaki. The Kikuyus are not the only tribe in Kenya. We have 42 tribes in Kenya." — A Luo in a Kibera bar who would give his name only as Patrick out of fear of government retribution.

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"What we need is for the aspirants (candidates) to accept the results and then we should stay calm. What has happened in the past is for the politicians to mobilize the youth. If we don't have tight security there could be violence again," said Christian Nyambega, sitting in the same Kibera bar.

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"When I talk about what happened in 2007 I get scared, but I believe this time there will be peace." — Grace Kalibo, who runs a small shop selling basic food goods in Kibera. She attended a massive peace rally in Nairobi on Sunday where Odinga and Kenyatta shook hands and pledged peace.

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"The violence (in 2007-08) came because of the stealing of votes. The (Odinga) supporters thought it was rigged, so there was an outcry. This time we have a credible judicial commission and we have seen many changes in police." — Bernard Titus, a Kibera resident.

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"Hatred is a virus, a social virus. ... I think the temperature in Kenya has gone down by 65 percent." — Muthufara Murungaru, a Kikuyu who lives in Mathare.

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"Violence this time is minimal because of the fear, the fear of the Hague." — Jacob Aywer, a mason in Mathare.

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"I think that given the 2007 experience, we will accept the results. Even if, God forbid, we Luos lose. But I don't see us losing." — Daniel Omondo, a 32-year-old information technology specialist in Mathare.