{"id":2844,"date":"2023-07-13T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2023-07-13T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:19:57","slug":"kenyan-is-heading-in-the-wrong-direction-opinion-poll-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2023\/07\/13\/kenyan-is-heading-in-the-wrong-direction-opinion-poll-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan is heading in the wrong direction, opinion poll says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Benard Mulwa
According to an opinion poll report released today by TIFA, 56 percent of Kenyans feels that the country is heading in the wrong direction with 79 percent blaming on the high cost of living.
This Release reports the second set of results obtained from the national survey TIFA Research conducted between the 24th and 30th of June, 2023 using CATI (Computer-Assisted-Telephonic Interviews) of 1,530 respondents.
\u201cA significant number of Kenyans (56%) believe that the current direction of the country is heading in the wrong direction\u201d, Mrs. Maggie Ireri, CEO TIFA told journalist.
At least one-third of Kenyans mention Kindiki Kithure as the best performing Cabinet Secretary
Kithure Kindiki (Interior and National Administration) March 2023 26 percent June 2023 34percent, Ezekiel Machogu (Education) the second March 2023 10 percent June 2023 7 percent and Susan Nakhumicha Wafula (Health) March 2023 1 percent June 2023 6 percent the report indicates.
Irrespective of their political affiliations, the vast majority of Kenyans who perceive the country’s current direction as incorrect are in unanimous agreement about their reasoning: the ever-increasing cost of living, Ruto\u2019s leadership 5 percent.
Among all Kenyans, the launch of the Hustler Fund receives the most mentions 10 percent, Bottom-Up Economy, Reducing Fertilizer Cost, Other Agricultural Support, Taxation policies, Debt Repayment, General Economic Improvement.
In terms of its perceived failures, there is widespread agreement that continuing if not increasing economic hardship is at the top of most Kenyans\u2019 minds across the political divide, though the failure to fulfill \u201ccampaign promises\u201d as well as various economic issues aside from such promises also receive considerable mentions.
Several points can be made with regard to several of the findings included in this2nd Release of TIFA\u2019s June, 2023:
The first is that even those expressing support for President Ruto\u2019s Kenya Kwanza government are expressing a considerable level of unhappiness with the current state of affairs. For example, almost as many of them consider the country\u2019s current direction as \u201cwrong\u201d as do those who feel it is \u201cright\u201d (38% vs. 43%). Moreover, among all those who hold the former view, there is almost no difference as to the \u201cmain reason\u201d why they feel so: the economy, and especially the cost of living (86% among those pro-Government, and 74% among those pro-Opposition).
Likewise, nearly one-third of pro-Government respondents are unable to cite any achievement of \u2018their\u2019 government, even if more than twice as many pro-Opposition respondents refuse to acknowledge any such achievements (31% vs. 70%). And in terms of Kenya Kwanza government failures, only one\u2013quarter of its supporters consider there are \u201cnone\u201d (24%), with almost as many of them identifying economic hardship as do Opposition supporters (47% vs. 58%).
One of the main questions such findings raise is at what point those who voted for Kenya Kwanza at both the national and local level will switch their political loyalties by throwing their support to the Opposition, which in the short term may be captured in such activities as the current round of protest-demonstrations that have been taking place.
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