Nairobi Comfortable With Ngatia As Governor-Poll
majority of Nairobi residents would vote in Chamber of Commerce boss Richard Ngatia as Governor if elections were held today.
This is according to a latest poll by Mizani Africa.
The Opinion Survey between 5th to 12th January 2022 across 17 Constituencies in the city place Ngatia on top with 29.2 percent followed by Bishop Margaret Wanjiru who garnered a support of 24.1 percent and Westlands law maker Tim Wanyonyi comes close at 19.1 percent.
With seven months to the general election, the race for Nairobi county’s governor has started gaining momentum as Aspirants have continued to unveil their manifestos
According to Mizani they asked the voters whom they would vote for as their Governor if the elections were held today.
The results will come as a big boost to Ngatia who is yet to officially unveil his candidature for the sit.
Ngatia has been in intense campaigns in the recent days meeting women groups and community leaders to drive his agenda
The hot seat has already attracted various candidates ahead of party nominations.
Some of those who declared an interest seat include Nairobi Governor Kananu, who got a 2 percent support, Senator Johnson Sakaja 10 percent, Agnes Kagure with 4.2 percent, George Aladwa with 3 percent and Chege Fresh with 0.8
In the senatorial race Edwin Sifuna leads with 39 percent, Maina Kamanda closes in on 30 percent and Fredrick Otieno comes third with 15 percent.
In the Women Representative race Millicent Omanga leads with 28.1 percent, Esther Passaris is second with 22 percent and CAS for Gender Rachel Shebesh comes a distance third with 11 percent.
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