The provision of subsidised fertiliser to farmers has scored highly among Kenyans as a campaign pledge by the Kenya Kwanza government.
The poll released by Tifa research on Wednesday shows 44 per cent of Kenyans feel the pledge to avail subsidised fertiliser had been implemented.
Only eight per cent say the government has done the best in reducing the high cost of living while 11 say the government has done “a great deal” to implement campaigns to lower the cost of education.
Assisting small businesses/hustlers as promised by the Kenya Kwanza government scored 26 per cent while creation of employment scored eight per cent.
“Taking just the five most frequently mentioned Kenya Kwanza campaign promises, only the provision of subsidized fertilizer receives a “very much” implementation-so-far score that is close to half (44 per cent),” the report shows.
“By contrast, the implementation ratings for reducing the cost of living, job creation and reduction of education costs are largely negative.”
When asked about future expectations of the implementation levels of the main campaign promises, far more Kenyans are either “very” or “somewhat confident” that they will be achieved.
According to the poll, only agricultural subsidies including fertiliser earn a “completely confident” score that exceeds half (60 per cent).
The survey was conducted between September 8 and 10 using CATI (Computer-Assisted-Telephonic-Interviews) among 1,007 respondents and with a +/- 3.1 % margin of error.
The survey was conducted among a nationally representative sample spread across nine Zones of Central Rift, Coast, Lower Eastern, Mt Kenya, Nairobi, Northern, Nyanza, South Rift and Western.