Deputy President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party is the most popular political outfit in the country, a survey by Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA) indicates.
According to the survey, the UDA party enjoys the support of 30 per cent of Kenyans followed closely by the ODM party with 16 per cent and then Jubilee at 5 per cent.
ANC, WIPER, Ford Kenya and One Kenya Alliance (OKA) each have one per cent of Kenyans supporting it.
40 per cent of Kenyans who participated in the polls failed to align themselves with the available political parties in the country.
Tifa added that, with the survey having been released months away to elections, a lot is bound to change.
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"Given the period remaining until the next election and with considerable uncertainty regarding possible mergers/coalitions and the determination of the ballot-’menu’ for all elective positions (starting with the presidency), no assumptions can be made now as to what these figures will be by mid2022," TIFA said.
The survey indicates that the UDA party has grown in leaps and bounds since its rebranding with Jubilee on the other hand registering a steady decline in its support base.
On the other hand, the ODM party, despite experiencing a beating in June 2021, has gained new followers as of November when the survey was done.
The survey was done between November 7 and 13.
A total of 1,519 respondents participated in the survey with 51 per cent of them being females while 49 males.
The participants were drawn from Central Rift, Coast, Lower Eastern, Mt Kenya, Nairobi, Northern, Nyanza, South Rift and Western parts of Kenya.
TIFA funded the survey.
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