Top performing MPs.Research and consulting firm Infotrak relied on a wide range of factors in evaluating the performance of elected leaders in its latest performance index.
In the survey released Wednesday, the firm highlighted the criteria used to assess the effectiveness of the Senators, MPs, and Woman representatives, placing significant weight on the leader's influence over public funds (NG-CDF/county funds).
This accounted for 27 per cent of the overall score, followed by transparency and accountability at 24 per cent.
The fulfilment of campaign promises and initiation of development projects also received 24 per cent and 23 per cent, respectively.
Also considered in the survey is accessibility and responsiveness to constituents, making up 16 per cent of the evaluation.
Other factors included participation in legislative debates and motions (10%) and personal experience or interaction with the leader (10%).
Infotrak also compared the current performance of leaders with past officeholders, factoring in their sponsorship of bills and policies, involvement in public forums, and media visibility.
“This index is the first of its kind and magnitude in Kenya. It provides the Kenyans and other interested stakeholders with robust statistics by ward on the perception of constituency residents over Member of Parliament performance,” it said.
It added: "These rankings reflect the voices of the people-highlighting leaders who have excelled in representation, development initiatives, and legislative contributions."
The survey was conducted between October and December 2024.
It covered all 47 counties, 290 constituencies, and 1450 wards with an overall sample size of 59,600.
“Each constituency was treated as an individual universe and assigned a cluster sample that ranged between 200 and 451 respondents,” the firm said.
Within each constituency, sampling frames were designed using population proportionate to size guided by the latest IEBC voter register and catered for demographics such as age and gender.
Data was collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) and analysed using SPSS.
The final questionnaire was structured using a 1–10 Likert scale, where 1 was very poor and 10 was excellent.
The residents were asked to rate their MPs, senators, and county women representatives' overall performance based on the scale.
The average rating by all the respondents from each constituency/county determined the final rating of those elected leaders.
