Deputy President William Ruto has been listed as one of the causes of economic difficulties being experienced in the country.
In a report released by Infotrak on Wednesday, June 6, Ruto was mentioned alongside climate change, bad governance, mismanagement of public resources and campaigns as the leading causing of the economic hard times.
The report also mentioned corruption, Covid-19 and the Russian – Ukraine war as the biggest contributors to hardships in the country.
Deputy President William Ruto at Kasarani Stadium during the launch of the Kenya Kwanza manifesto on Thursday, June 30, 2022
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The report further noted that at least 73 per cent of Kenyans felt that the country was heading in the wrong direction.
A majority of Kenyans who felt so attributed their reasons to factors such as unemployment, bad politics, increased insecurity, poverty and lack of cohesion in the country.
11 per cent of Kenyans who thought that the country was headed in the right direction listed peace in the country, positive effects of devolution and good infrastructure as the main reasons.
Others were affordable cost of living, improved healthcare, a working executive, improved education, and that their preferred candidate was in power.
Most Nairobi residents cited access to clean water, poor sewage and sanitation systems, cost of doing business, access to healthcare, quality of education, youth and women empowerment and poverty reduction as the reasons for the country heading in the wrong direction.
Majority of Nairobi residents who felt Kenya was headed in the wrong direction were from Makadara, Embakasi South and Dagoretti North constituencies at 85, 81 and 80 per cent respectively.
Those who thought the country was headed in the right direction were from Dagoretti South, Westlands and Embakasi Central while those in Mathare and Embakasi West thought it was going in neither direction.
Among the least concerns by the residents of Nairobi are environmental conservation, equal distribution of resources and drug and substance abuse.
The report was anchored on a sample size of 1,024 registered voters in the city county.
File photo of people walking in Nairobi CBD
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