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The location of Kenya's national polytechnics and public universities.
Many public universities are located East of Nakuru and cluster around Nairobi and Central.
A majority of national polytechnics are located in the Western part of the country, west of Nakuru.
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The presidency under Ruto has spent an average of KSh 3 billion on domestic travel since 2023.
Uhuru's five-year average spending on domestic travel was KSh 1.05 billion.
This is even after controlling for inflation.
The presidency under Ruto has spent an average of KSh 3 billion on domestic travel since 2023.
Uhuru's five-year average spending on domestic travel was KSh 1.05 billion.
This is even after controlling for inflation.
Our calculations of Uhuru tenure expenditures focus on the Presidency’s budget line. By then, we did not have the Office of the Deputy President and Statehouse as a separate budget line.
In FY 2020/21, the Presidency was renamed the Executive Office of the President. After Ruto came into office, several other State Departments were introduced directly under the presidency, separate from the Executive Office of the President. These include the Office of the Deputy President, the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary, the State Department for Cabinet Affairs, the State Department for Parliamentary Affairs, the State Department for Performance and Delivery Management, and Statehouse.
Most of the travel expenditure we see after Ruto comes into office is by Statehouse, the Executive Office of the President, and the Executive Office of the Deputy President.
Our analysis suggests that Ruto’s domestic travel across all presidential lines is 2.85 times that of Uhuru’s. If we strip off the non-core presidency lines, Ruto’s domestic travel expenditure is 2.6 times larger than Uhuru’s domestic travel expenditure. All these figures are inflation-adjusted.
In 2023 and 2024, the current administration promised to cut wasteful spending. Did President Ruto follow through on his promise?
Current evidence suggests that wasteful spending only dropped after Gen Z demonstrations, then returned immediately after.
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Polls are good. But let's also publish methodologies tafadhali.
Here's the transparency checklist we use for our poll tracker. statskenya.co.ke/at-stats-ke…
🚨 🇰🇪 2027 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE POLL
President William Ruto leads with 40.2%, followed by Kalonzo Musyoka at 19.7% and Edwin Sifuna at 17.6%, according to the latest Swiss Poll International survey.
#SwissPollInternational #KenyaPolitics #Election2027
This is how much, in millions, each county spent on foreign travel in 2025/26.
1 Nairobi 164.9
2 Mombasa 119.6
3 Nyeri 116.4
4 Nakuru 106.7
5 Meru 103.8
6 Lamu 101.8
7 Machakos 90.2
8 Bomet 66.6
9 Kiambu 66.3
10 Kisumu 65.8
11 Laikipia 61.6
12 Kitui 61.6
13 Baringo 60.8
14 Kericho 58.2
15 Samburu 54.1
16 Busia 51.5
17 Tana River 47.5
18 Kwale 46.9
19 Marsabit 45.6
20 Vihiga 41.4
21 Kisii 37.2
22 Turkana 35.6
23 Embu 35.4
24 Nandi 33.0
25 Kakamega 31.4
26 Mandera 30.8
27 Kajiado 29.4
28 Nyandarua 27.4
29 Elgeyo Marakwet 25.8
30 Murang'a 24.9
31 Uasin Gishu 24.1
32 Trans Nzoia 23.0
33 Narok 20.5
34 Nyamira 18.6
35 Kirinyaga 17.5
36 Taita Taveta 15.3
37 Bungoma 14.6
38 Tharaka Nithi 14.5
39 Makueni 13.1
40 West Pokot 13.0
41 Kilifi 12.2
42 Garissa 10.1
43 Homa Bay 6.0
44 Isiolo 4.3
45 Migori 4.1
46 Wajir 3.0
47 Siaya 0.0
Final results are in. Edwin Sifuna tops with 89.1% of the total, and Ruto comes second with 5.4%.
Our poll had a very large sample of 27,995 votes.
This will go on record, and we'll use it to benchmark all other online polls and investigate online trends over time.
What is your county's development priority?
The map shows sectors that receive the largest share of development funds in each county.
Read more on how Kenyan counties prioritise their budgets here: statskenya.co.ke/at-stats-ke…
If elections were held today who would you vote for?
5%William Ruto
89%Edwin Sifuna
3%Fred Matiang'i
3%Kalonzo Musyoka
27,995 votes • Final resultsSo far, no presidential candidate is close to winning the 2027 elections.
We've weighted all pollsters based on transparency, recency, and sample size.
Ruto 39%
Kalonzo 21%
Sifuna 20%
Noteworthy is Sifuna's rise amongst all pollsters and Matiang'i's drop.
Read more about our 2027 Poll Tracker.
Includes details of all pollsters, their methodologies, and how we weighted each poll.
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Interesting.
Our weighted July poll put Ruto at 26%. We are in October and it seems Ruto hasn't gained much since then.
Our next poll is in November to see if this still holds.
Poor households live on very tight budgets with 52% of incomes going towards food alone.
The question isn't whether KSh 25 is small. Rather, should a poor household spend it on food, health, education or pool maintenance?
