President Uhuru
Kenyatta will still retain his seat if elections were to be held today, this is
according to a National opinion poll that ranked Kenyatta leading with 42% followed
by opposition leader Raila Odinga who came second with 32%.
The survey, conducted by
Palm Marketing and Research Company, indicated that Uhuru was preferred by many
due to his track record of development, and fight to reduce corruption and
negative ethnicity.
Odinga was seen by majority of his supporters to be a
reformist who will move Kenya to another level of prosperity. In fighting
negative ethnicity and uniting Kenyans most respondents preferred Uhuru
Kenyatta.
The survey was
conducted between September 2 and 28 this year with a random sample size of
2,898 respondents. Other candidates featured in the polls included Wiper
Presidential candidate Kalonzo Musyoka 12%, Amani Coalition Presidential
candidate Musalia Mudavadi 4%, Deputy President William Ruto 3% and CORD Co-principal
Moses Wetangula 0.5%.
Uhuru Kenyatta got 25%
of respondents who preferred to vote for him in the 2017 general elections from
more than 36 counties while Odinga managed to get 38% from his strong holds
which included Nyanza, Western and Coast regions.
Kalonzo Musyoka is seen
by many of his supporters as a focused leader although can only win the
elections if he joined a strong political alliance, if he goes alone he might
loss to either Kenyatta or Odinga.
Deputy President William
Ruto (3%) still commands a huge followership from the Rift valley with 33% unfortunately
from other regions he has less than 2% preference, he has got a lot of work
especially in Nyanza, Western, Central and Coast region.
Amani Coalition
presidential hopeful Musalia Mudavadi (4%) also a very potential candidate and
a man to keep an eye on. Mudavadi has majority of his supporters from Western
and parts of Nyanza. He is viewed by his supporters as a non partisan leader
who will be able to unite Kenyans in terms of fighting negative ethnicity and
corruption.
Moses Wetangula also
one of Cord Key principal, is viewed by his supporters as one of the leaders to
be watched come 2022.
However when it come to
county politics most of the respondants were not satisfied with the performance
of their governors especially when it come to employment and development
matters. This is a clear indication that most of the current governors are
likely to loses their seats come 2017 to their opponents.
According to the polls
only 14% of respondents from 47 counties were satisfied with the performance of
their governors and members of county assemblies. Governors who are likely to
retain their seats included: Machakos Governor – Dr Alfred Mutua. He has 47%
support from his county , His development record is good and most of his
supporters would prefer to vote him come 2017. Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan
Joho. He has 44% support from his county. Joho is followed by Cyprian Awiti who
has 42% support.
On the other hand if
elections were to be held today Margaret Kenyatta would be the most prefer
female President with 58% of respondents from all the 47counties followed by
Martha Karua 23%, Ann Waiguru 9%, Charity Ngilu 3% , Amina Mohamed 2%, and Milli
Odhiambo2%.