A majority of Kenyans believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction, opinion poll results released by Tifa Research on Friday says.
The opinion poll is from a national survey TIFA Research conducted between November 7-13, 2021.
According to the poll, only 19 per cent of Kenyans believe the country is headed in the right direction, while 59 per cent believe Kenya is moving in the wrong direction.
Those who believe the country is on the wrong track cited inflation as the biggest cause at 40 per cent, while joblessness and poor leadership followed at 11 and nine per cent respectively.
The 2022 election campaigns and corruption tied at eight per cent.
Covid-19 came at a distant three per cent, a reduction from seven per cent in Tifa’s June survey.
Those who feel the country is moving in the right direction said it was because of peace and stability at 14 per cent, while the country's leadership came in second at 13 per cent.
These were followed by infrastructure, the cost-of-living and Covid-19.
However, 16 per cent of respondents holding this view did not give any reasons.
Most residents of the pastoralist communities gave positive responses on the direction of the country compared to residents of Lower Eastern and Mt. Kenya regions are most negative about the country’s current direction at 64 and 70 per cent.
The opinion poll is from a national survey Tifa Research conducted between November 7-13, 2021. The survey covered a variety of important economic, political, and social welfare public issues.
It had a +/-2.51 per cent margin of error.
A total of 1,519 respondents were interviewed from Central Rift, Coast, Lower Eastern, Mt Kenya, Nairobi, Northern, Nyanza, South Rift, Western regions.
The respondents gave feedback through telephone interviews collected face to face, in Kiswahili and English languages.
The poll also identified Interior CS Fred Matiangi and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua as promising future presidential aspirants at 22 and 18 per cent respectively.
Others include Governors Wycliffe Oparanya and Hassan Joho at third and fourth place, while former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth closed the top five mark.
The poll also revealed that Deputy President William Ruto still leads in the 2022 presidential race but ODM leader Raila Odinga has gained significantly since June.
The poll shows that Ruto leads the race with 38 per cent followed by Raila whose presidential bid attracts 23 per cent support.
Ruto has seen a marginal drop of one percentage point with his closest rival Raila gaining by 15 percentage points between June and November.
Edited by D Tarus
