Results of an opinion poll conducted by Ipsos Synovate between April 29 and May 7 has shown that a whooping sixty per cent of Kenyans believe Kenya is headed in the wrong direction.
Another 26 percent of Kenyans thought the country was headed in the right direction while another 13 percent were either undecided or did not respond to the question.
86 percent of residents of both Nyanza and Coast provinces agreed that the country was heading the wrong way while the Rift Valley came out at about 50 percent. According to the report, in Central province 26 percent of those interviewed believed the Kenya was headed in the wrong direction.
The report also outlined that Kenyans were becoming increasingly concerned with insecurity after recent attacks that had been blamed on the terrorist group, Al Shabaab.
Meanwhile, 78 percent of the respondents thought the Jubilee government was performing worse than the previous Grand Coalition government, citing corruption, rising public expenditure and unfulfilled election promises.
38 percent of Kenyans were concerned about the rising cost of living, with the next big concern being insecurity and unemployment.
59 percent of those who participated in the opinion poll stated that their economic conditions had worsened since last year with slightly more than a quarter of households stating that they or someone in their homes ever went to bed hungry.
Concerning the ballooning wage bill, 49 percent of the respondents supported salary cuts for civil servants and those in elective positions so as to reduce recurrent expenditure by the government. Only 6 percent of those interviewed did not have an opinion on the wage bill.
The report also showed changes in trust ratings of officials and institutions with confidence in the media dropping by 12 percent.
Ratings for the President and his Deputy also dropped by 9 percent and 11 percent respectively.
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