Sure, here is a summary of the provided text: On Sunday, Rwandans in the diaspora voted at their nearest diplomatic missions around the world. This marked the beginning of Rwanda’s general elections, which will take place on Monday throughout the country. The incumbent President Paul Kagame is running for re-election for the fourth time and is the favorite to defeat his two rivals. In Kenya, Rwandan citizens flocked to the Mombasa Sports Club to participate in the country’s general election. Voting by the diaspora opened D-Day in Rwanda, where general elections begin on Monday throughout the East African country. The polling station opened early, and the first voter cast his ballot at exactly 8 a.m. More than 350 registered voters were expected to turn out in large numbers to cast their ballots in the coastal city, election officials said. Three weeks of campaigning in which the three presidential candidates gave their last push to convince Rwandans to vote concluded on Saturday. Up to 2 million Rwandans will vote for the first time, many of them children born in the last 30 years after the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) came to power. Rwanda has remained stable for most of that time, rising from the ashes of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis to become one of Africa’s financial centers. Up to 62,000 Rwandans in the diaspora from 70 countries are expected to vote, a threefold increase from the 22,000 members of the diaspora who voted in the previous presidential election. On Tuesday, July 16, polling stations will elect representatives of special groups (women, youth, and people with disabilities). The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has accredited more than 1,000 election observers, including the East African Community (EAC) mission led by former Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga. Former Cape Verdean President Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca heads the joint team of election observers from the African Union Commission (AUC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).