NAIROBI, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The three latest Kenya opinion polls showed mixed results on Friday, with the main opposition candidate Raila Odinga leading President Mwai Kibaki in two of them.

With less than a month to go before the Dec. 27 election, surveys by Infotrak Harris and Strategic Research had Odinga leading with 43.9 and 43.2 percent, while Kibaki stood at 38.4 percent in both.

Another poll, by Consumer Insight, showed Kibaki on 40.4 percent compared with Odinga's 39.5 percent.

Overall, Kibaki has closed the gap with Odinga since he began campaigning more aggressively.

About 14 million Kenyans are eligible to vote in the presidential and parliamentary election, which is shaping up to be the closest in the country's history.

The campaigns, as in previous election periods, have been fraught with violence. In one case, an assistant minister's vehicle was found carrying weapons such as machetes, clubs, and bows and arrows. (Reporting by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura, Editing by Bryson Hull)

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