President William Ruto should be worried about his re-election prospects after a recent opinion poll revealed that most Kenyans no longer believe in his leadership, Saboti MP Caleb Amisi has said.
The new survey, by Trends and Insights for Africa (TIFA), showed that a massive 75 per cent of Kenyans feel that the country is going in the wrong direction, under President Ruto since his election in 2022.
The survey was conducted between May 2 and May 6. It involved 2,024 respondents from across the nine zones of Coast, Western, South Rift, Western, Central Rift, Mt Kenya, Lower Eastern, Nairobi, and Nyanza.
In his statement on May 28, Amisi pointed out that the President only has one more financial year before the next election, during which he must prove himself.
“What should scare Ruto is to know that 75 per cent of Kenyans don't believe in his leadership. Yet he has only one remaining financial year before the next election."
"How he intends to reduce this to 49.9 per cent will be the biggest miracle ever to happen to any nation on planet Earth, including the Vatican City. Kenya needs a renaissance!” Amisi said.
The poll stated that, while 86 per cent of those who say the country's direction is 'wrong' report economic decline, only 30 per cent of those who say it's 'right' report the same.
Only 4 per cent of people who think the country is heading in the wrong direction reported any improvement in their economic situation.
Meanwhile, 36 per cent of those who think the country is on the right track say their finances have improved.
The poll stated that those who reported economic improvement had a far more positive view about the country’s direction as compared with those who had experienced economic hardship/decline.
“For Example, while just under one-third of those who say the country’s direction is ‘right’ also report having suffered economically over the last three years (30 per cent), almost three times that many who say that the country’s direction is ‘wrong’ likewise report such economic decline (86 per cent)."
"Conversely, while just over one-third who consider the country’s direction as ‘right’ report economic improvement (36 per cent), only one-ninth of those who view Kenya’s direction as ‘wrong’ report such economic gains (4 per cent)," the poll stated.
