TIFA Polls: Raila Leads with 46.7% while Ruto has 44.4% in the Presidential Race

The Trends and Insights Africa (TIFA) poll released on Friday, July 29, indicated that Odinga enjoys a popularity rating of 46.7 percent against Ruto’s 44.4 percent, ten days to the election.

The survey results were released at Heron Portico Hotel in Nairobi.

TIFA said Odinga had support from five out of nine key regions, while Ruto led in two key regions.

Most respondents supporting Ruto’s bid said the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate appealed to them with his manifesto on the economy.

Odinga’s supporters, on the other hand, said his passion for devolution endeared him to them.

Roots Party candidate George Wajackoyah enjoys a popularity approval of 1.8 percent, while David Mwaure of Agano Party has 0.1 percent.

The undecided voters, ten days to the polls, are 5.2 percent.

The opinion poll also indicated that Raila Odinga’s ODM Party was more popular in the country than Ruto’s UDA Party.

The survey also asked the respondents what they felt about President Uhuru Kenyatta’s leadership.

The disappointed group said they were unimpressed by Kenyatta’s economic legacy, while another faction said how he treated his deputy, William Ruto, in the Jubilee administration’s second term blighted his legacy.

The respondents filed their feedback through mobile devices, TIFA said.