The gap between President Uhuru Kenyatta and CORD leader Raila Odinga’s popularity has widened over the few months.
The poll conducted by Ipsos shows Uhuru’s increased popularity with 51% of Kenyans saying they would vote him back in 2017.
Only 28% of Kenyans have shown interest in voting for the former prime minister Raila Odinga.
The gap between President Uhuru Kenyatta and CORD leader Raila Odinga’s popularity has widened over the few months in a poll by Ipsos.
The poll conducted between June 4 – June 18 shows only 28% of Kenyans would vote for the Cord leader Raila Odinga as opposed to 51% who will vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The gap of 23% has increased compared to a poll in November 2015 which highlighted an 11% gap.
The Star commissioned study which interviewed 2,076 respondents with a 2.15% margin-of-error indicates that if elections were to be conducted today President Uhuru Kenyatta would take the lead without a second run-off.
However Ipsos warned that the numbers should not be interpreted to predict the 2017 election outcome since CORD is yet to name its presidential candidate and running mate.
“While it is certain that Uhuru will be Jubilee’s presidential candidate and Ruto his running mate, there remains uncertainty as to who will be Cord’s torch-bearers and whether its leaders will remain united after the decision is made. As such, these numbers could change dramatically after Cord has identified its presidential ticket.” said Ipsos lead researcher Tom Wolf as reported by The Star
The poll firm also found out that William Ruto, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetangu’la all come third, with only 2 per cent, similar to all other presidential hopefuls.
Uhuru has maintained the lead in the polls conducted by Ipsos ahead of Raila.
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