President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua scored a D in a performance ranking released by research firm Infotrak on Monday, June 10.
Per the report, Ruto had dropped from a ranking of C of 52 per cent in March to a D of 46 per cent in May. This decline was attributed to poor communication with Kenyans and poor handling of key issues affecting the population.
Additionally, the Head of State scored lowly in improving how things are done at his office and struggling to deliver on his mandate.
DP Gachagua on the other hand maintained the same score compared to the previous ranking. In March, he had a D of 48 per cent while in May he had a D of 42 per cent.
The Infotrak report indicates that Gachagua's low performance was due to similar reasons as his boss. He scored even lower compared to Ruto due to several factors.
A majority of Kenyans who were considered for the survey opined that Gachagua was poor at communicating with Kenyans about what he was doing.
They also pointed out that he was poor in his ability to deliver on the assigned tasks, poor in addressing issues and poor in improving how things were being done at his office.
Ruto's Cabinet Secretaries also did not perform well with a majority of them scoring a D of between 48 per cent and 41 per cent. Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi featured in the last position with an E of 38 per cent.
The only cabinet secretaries who stood out in the report were Interior CS Kithure Kindiki scoring a B of 60 per cent and Sports CS Ababu Namwamba with a C of 51 per cent.
Infotrak's survey also shared the performance ranking of different institutions such as the Judiciary.
In the May rating, the Judiciary dropped from a B of 67 per cent to a D of 46 per cent.
The bicameral Parliament, both the National Assembly and Senate, also dropped from a C of 53 per cent to a D of 42 per cent while the opposition dropped from a B of 62 per cent to a D of 47 per cent.
This survey comes at a time when Kenyans are giving their views on the Finance Bill 2024 which if passed as it is, will result in tougher economic times for Kenyans.
President Ruto and his DP have been urged to fulfil their campaign promises and protect the 'hustlers' adding that the bill is anticipated to not only hurt his staunch supporters, but Kenyans at large.
