A new poll conducted by Infotrak has revealed the popularity of political parties in the country.
The research has shown that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party is slowing losing its popularity.
According to the report, at least a third of the Kenyan population believe that the opposition is no longer functional after President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga agreed to work together following the March 9, 2018 famous handshake.
The poll also revealed that the allegiance to the opposition parties has been dwindling in the recent past as realignments take shape. The opposition's Orange party's popularity has reduced by more than half.
compared to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party.
The survey also showed that all the opposition parties combined have a popularity of 26 per cent whereas President Uhuru Kenyatta-led Jubilee Party has a popularity of 40 per cent.
Wiper Democratic Movement under the stewardship of Kalonzo Musyoka has a popularity of 3 per cent while Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula’s Ford Kenya and Amani National Congress under the leadership of Musalia Mudavadi rated at one per cent each in the poll.
31 per cent of Kenyans opined that Kenya has no opposition.
“The feeling is that the (government) watchdog is asleep and not doing any job. And we can see this also on party popularity, with ODM only managing 21 per cent and there were times they were at 50 per cent,” said Infotrak CEO Angela Ambitho, as quoted by the Standard.