The presidential election race is still close in Nairobi with Azimio candidate Raila Odinga leading at 50 per cent support and DP William Ruto with 41 per cent, according to the latest Radio Africa survey.
Last month, a Radio Africa poll showed Raila at 52 percent support in Nairobi compared to 29.1 per cent for Ruto. If Ruto is closing the gap in Nairobi, as appears to be the case, that indicates that the August 9 presidential election will be very close indeed.
In the new poll, Prof George Wajackoyah has reached five per cent support, up from 3.2 per cent, a very high level for a political newcomer. Wajackoyah's Roots Party has promised to legalise bhang if he is elected president.
UDA candidate Johnson Sakaja has moved comfortably ahead, leading the race to be Nairobi Governor with 57 per cent of respondents saying they would vote for him.
Sakaja has been caught up in a dispute over whether he has a valid undergraduate degree. His Azimio rival, Polycarp Igathe, an experienced technocrat, has 36 per cent support with Others at three percent and Undecided at four percent.
The Nairobi poll had a sample size of 500 and was conducted on July 1 by the Radio Africa group using the CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing) in 17 constituencies in Nairobi.
The margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 per cent. A high 88 percent said they intended to vote showing, a high level of interest in the elections on August 9.
In the race for Nairobi senator, Azimio candidate Edwin Sifuna, is leading the race with 66 percent of respondents saying they would vote for him, compared to just 25 percent for UDA candidate Margaret Wanjiru.
The undecided respondents are a relatively high nine percent in the Nairobi Senate race.
Azimio candidate Esther Passaris is comfortably leading the race for Nairobi woman representative with 58 per cent support compared to 34 percent for UDA candidate Millicent Omanga.
Monica Waimatha, of the tiny Usawa kwa Wote party and who was recently arrested for impersonating a police officer, has just two percent support.
The survey found that Azimio la Umoja was the most popular party with 30 percent support compared to 20 per cent for UDA; 11 per cent for Kenya Kwanza; nine percent ODM; five per cent others; and 25 per cent saying none.
By far, the top issues mentioned by respondents were the high cost of living (81 per cent) and unemployment and lack of job opportunities (62 per cent).
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