Poll Reveals Most Popular Candidate for Nairobi Governor

Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA) research company has released the findings of a new poll they conducted to identify the most popular candidate for Nairobi governor.

According to TIFA, the current Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja is the most popular aspirant, with 30 percent support.

Sakaja beat Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris who emerged second with 11 percent. Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi completes the top three with six percent.

TIFA also found that 24 percent of the sample population is undecided about a preferred candidate.

Bishop Margaret Wanjiru scored five percent in popularity, while businesswoman Agnes Kagure had four percent.

The impeached former governor Mike Sonko had two percent popularity, while Nairobi Metropolitan Services boss Mohamed Badi scored one percent.

TIFA conducted the poll between November 7 and 13. The sample size was 1,591 and telephonic interviews were conducted with respondents whose contacts were collected face-to-face.