A poll released by Tifa Research on Thursday, April 20, showed that 12 per cent of Kenyans who voted for President William Ruto believe he did not win.
Further, according to the survey, 14 per cent of Kenyans who voted for the Ruto-Gachagua ticket were not sure that he beat Azimio Leader Raila Odinga.
That meant that 26 per cent of Kenyans who voted for Ruto in August 9, 2022, presidential election were not sure he would be occupying the State House.
For those who voted for Raila Odinga, 71 per cent believe that he won the hotly contested presidential election.
Only 14 per cent of Raila supporters believe that Ruto trounced the former prime minister while 15 per cent were not sure.
In total, only 48 per cent of total voters in the country believed that Ruto won the elections despite him being declared as winner by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
The then IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati declared Ruto as duly elected president having attained 7,176,141 (50.5 per cent) of the total votes while Raila garnered 6,942,930.
Tifa Research indicated that 37 per cent of voters did not agree with that decision holding to the belief that Ruto did not win fairly.
15 per cent of total voters in Kenya are unsure whether Chebukati made the right decision in declaring Ruto the winner.
The revelation by Tifa Research was made at a time when Azimio was demanding opening of electoral servers to ascertain if Ruto indeed won the presidency.
Despite a huge number of Kenyans unsure of Ruto’s win, Tifa Research indicated that Azimio’s popularity was waning.
In July 2022, the popularity rating for Azimio was at 46 per cent while now it stands at 36 per cent.
For the same period of time, Kenya Kwanza popularity rose from 40 per cent to 49 per cent.
