Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata is the best-performing head of a devolved unit in Kenya, survey firm Infotrak Research has said.
In the survey dubbed CountyTrak performance survey, Kang'ata had a score of 68 per cent, followed closely by Trans Nzoia's George Natembeya at 64 per cent.
Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay) had 61 per cent, Anyang Nyong'o (Kisumu) 59 per cent while Mutula Kilonzo (Makueni) and Wisley Rotich (Elgeyo Marakwet) closed the top five slots with 57 per cent each.
In the survey, at least 14 governors scored above 50 per cent in approval.
They include Simba Arati (Kisii) 55 per cent, Gideon Mung'aro (Kilifi) and Mutahi Kahiga (Nyeri) at 54 per cent, Kimani Wamatangi (Kiambu) 53 per cent, Fatuma Achani (Kwale) 52 per cent, Muthomi Njuki (Tharaka Nithi) and Simon Kachapin (West Pokot) at 51 per cent and Anne Waiguru (Kirinyaga) 50 per cent.
Interviews were conducted between October – December 2024 covering all the 47 counties with a sample size of 39,795.
Data was collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) and analysed using SPSS.
The questionnaire was structured using a 1-10 Likert scale being applied on each indicator where 1 was very poor and 10 was excellent.
The mean was computed for each Sub-Indicator of the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to get the Index for that Specific KPI.
The Overall County performance Index was then computed by
taking the average of the KPIs.
