NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 29 – A research by Trends and Insights of Africa (TIFA) has placed the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) as the most popular party at 41 percent with just ten days to the election.
According to the study released on Friday, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) came second with a 34 percent rating.
The ruling Jubilee Party was third with 6 percent and Wiper Democratic Movement Party 3 percent and Roots Party at 2 percent.
“This is the first that the Roots party is featuring in the poll,” stated TIFA Lead Researcher Tom Wolf.
Wolf noted that only ODM and UDA parties have substantial nationwide support, saying that other parties command support in particular regions.
“Wiper’s support is concentrated in the lower eastern, DAP-K , Amani National Congress (ANC) and Ford-Kenya support is in the western region, while jubilee’s support is distributed in some parts of the Mt.Kenya region,” Wolf stated.
In their last polls on July 11, 2022, UDA was still leading with 33 per cent compared to ODM which garnered 26 per cent in the popularity rating.
At the same time, the survey revealed that Azimio is the most preferred coalition at 47 per cent, followed by Kenya Kwanza at 42 per cent while 11 per cent of respondents were still undecided.
“Kenya Kwanza dominates in Central Rift and Mt.Kenya,” stated Wolf.
TIFA said a total of 2000 registered voters were interviewed during the survey, through a face-to-face method.
