PREFERENCE POLL: Who Is Most Preferred Candidate Per Voter Category?

Which gubernatorial candidate is most popular; among the youth, women, men, business community, the church and religious groups in Kitui?

 

Our team has, over the last 3 weeks been doing sampling on popularity of all the 5 gubernatorial candidates. The preference rating was first done countywide, by sampling among each of the 5 groupings.

 

The results are out, as below. 

 Preference rating:                                    

Among women voters

Charity Ngilu                 12 %

Dr Julius Malombe        58 %

David Musila                  16 % 

Kiema Kilonzo                9 %

Jonathan Mueke             5 %

 

(In this category, who form the bulk of the voters, Dr Malombe was highly preferred, with a favourable rating of 58%. David Musila came a distant second with a preferential rating of 16% among the women voters. Curiously, Ngilu performed dismally among the women voters at 12%, with majority of the women respondents saying she uses the gender card to fool women and enrich herself without looking at the welfare of fellow women in the county.)

 

Among the male voters 

Charity Ngilu                 15 %

Dr Julius Malombe        62 %

David Musila                  17 %

Kiema Kilonzo                  3 %

Jonathan Mueke              3 %

 

(Men seemed to strongly support and have faith in Dr Malombe, giving him a favourable rating of 62% followed distantly by Musila who scrapped only 17% liking. Kiema and Mueke were the least favoured.)

 

Among the County youth 

Charity Ngilu                34 %

Dr Julius Malombe       38 %

David Musila                 3 %

Kiema Kilonzo               9 %

Jonathan Mueke           16 %

 

(Among this group of voters, Charity Ngilu seemed to go head to head with Dr Malombe with a preferential rating of 34 % for Ngilu and 38 % for Dr Malombe. Mueke came third with a preferential rating of 16% while Kiema Kilonzo and David Musila were the least favoured. Musila came last, with majority of the county youth saying they don’t resonate with his dogmatic aspirations. Others felt he is not approachable. Yet a good number said Kiema is good in fooling the youth with empty promises but has no idea/agenda/goodwill to improve their lot or fulfill his promises.)

 

Among the church and religious groups

 

Charity Ngilu                14 %                                             

Dr Julius Malombe       59 %

David Musila                 20 %

Kiema Kilonzo               4 %

Jonathan Mueke            3 %

 

(In this segment of voters, Dr Malombe took the lead with a preferential rating of 59%. Majority of the interviewees said he is believable, and his promises are bankable. Musila took a second position with 20% preferential rating, with Ngilu taking a third distant position, with some saying Ngilu cannot be trusted. Kiema and Mueke were the least preferred in this category.)

 

Among the business community in Kitui County.

 

Charity Ngilu                 34 %

Dr Julius Malombe        55 %

David Musila                    7 %

Kiema Kilonzo                 3%

 Jonathan Mueke             1 %

 

(Among this pool of voters, Dr Malombe and Ngilu were the highly favoured, but Dr Malombe took the lead with a favourable rating of 55% against Ngilu’s 34%. Most of the respondents said they believed in Malombe’s leadership style that had a steady and positive impact and effect on their businesses. A good number felt that Ngilu had killed businesses and was only working with a small clique of cartels. Musila, Kiema and Mueke received dismal acceptability in this category, with majority saying they have no idea what the trio stand for).

  Coming Up: The preferential rating per constituency? Who is the most preferred candidate in each of the 8 constituencies?  Why? Stay tuned. Leave your comment.