Azimio Supporters More Likely To Sleep Hungry- Report

20 per cent of Azimio supporters reported that they always or often sleep hungry, while 14 per cent of those allied to Kenya Kwanza also revealed they have also slept on an empty stomach.

Marvin Chege Marvin Chege
Mar 29, 2023 - 10:54 Updated: Mar 29, 2023 - 11:16
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Azimio Supporters More Likely To Sleep Hungry- Report
Jubilee Secretary General, Jeremiah Kioni wearing a sufuria on his head during the Azimio demonstrations on March 20, 2023. /FILE

A survey released by research firm Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA) revealed on Wednesday, March 29 that supporters of the Azimio la Umoja coalition are more likely than those of Kenya Kwanza to sleep hungry.

The survey carried out between March 11 and March 19, 2023, summarised that 17 per cent of households in Kenya often go to bed on an empty stomach, while 29 per cent do so once in a while, with 51 per cent never sleeping hungry. 

But in a political case, 20 per cent of Azimio supporters reported that they always or often sleep hungry, while 14 per cent of those allied to Kenya Kwanza also revealed they have also slept on an empty stomach.

Azimio la Umoja supporters at Kibra on March 27, 2023. /RAILA ODINGA

Additionally, more Azimio supporters, that is 33 per cent, have slept hungry once in a while compared to 26 per cent from Kenya Kwanza.

While 56 per cent of Kenya Kwanza supporters confessed to having never slept hungry, 44 per cent of Azimio’s claimed the same. Three per cent of Kenyans expressed uncertainty about whether or not they have slept hungry. 

On the other hand, 20 per cent of Kenyans not affiliated with any political party often sleep hungry, 26 per cent sleep hungry only once in a while, and 49 per cent have never. Four per cent of this group were unsure of whether they have slept on an empty stomach. 

In the survey, 1 in every 5 Kenyans said they often sleep hungry, with TIFA further revealing that the high cost of living was a major concern for supporters of both the top political parties.

Additionally, the survey revealed that the high cost of leaving is a major concern for both Azimio and Kenya Kwanza supporters (48%).

"In terms of supporters of national coalitions, far fewer supporters of Azimio offered any names at all with the same applying to those who professed to support neither coalition," the statement read in part. 

However, TIFA noted that it is far too early to predict how successful the government will be in addressing challenges facing Kenyans, especially since so many of the factors that affect policy remain outside its control.

29 per cent of the respondents also pointed out that the launch of the Hustler Fund was more than any other legislative enactment since President William Ruto assumed office. Subsidising the cost of fertiliser received a five per cent approval rating while enhancing national unity and improving security rounded up the top three with four per cent each. 

Completion of infrastructure projects, reducing the cost of basic commodities and extending the electricity grid received a three, three and two per cent respectively. Two per cent of the respondents expressed confidence that Ruto's government successfully provided jobs or financially supported the needy. 

During the same survey, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki was ranked as the best-performing individual in Ruto's Cabinet with a 26 per cent approval rating followed by Education CS Ezekiel Machogu (10 per cent) and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi (four per cent).

Sports CS Ababu Namwamba and Agriculture's Mithika Linturi received three per cent each.

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki during a past address /MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

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