Presidential campaigns in Kenya have reached boiling point.
Opinion Poll statistics indicate that candidate Uhuru Kenyatta under the Jubilee alliance continues to rise against his Cord alliance rival Raila Odinga.
The survey, released Friday afternoon by Ipsos Synovate, shows Uhuru’s ratings have surged to 44.8%, beating Raila’s 44.4%.
The difference between the two leaders is within the statistical margin of error for the survey (about 2 points), so pollsters stress the two remain neck and neck.
An earlier Ipsos Synovate poll, which questioned 2,500 respondents on February 13 through to February 15, showed Uhuru and Raila tied at 43 per cent. The margin of error was plus or minus 1.96 percentage points.
Amani coalition’s Musalia Mudavadi is at 5.2 per cent, Eagle Coalition’s Peter Kenneth at 1.6 per cent and Narc-Kenya’s Martha Karua at 0.8 per cent.
None of the other presidential candidates — ARK’s Abduba Dida, Safina’s Paul Muite and RBK’s James ole Kiyiapi — make a significant showing in the poll.
A presidential candidate requires more than 50 per cent of the vote to win in the first round on March 4, failing which the top two candidates go head to head in a second round on April 11.
Leave a Reply