According to Afrobarometer, at least 75.2 percent of Kenyans living in urban areas believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.
According to the report, a small minority of 22 percent believe the country is on the right track.
The survey, which was conducted between November 12 and November 30, last year, revealed that Kenyans’ top concerns remain corruption, economic management, and unemployment.
65.6 percent of those polled in urban areas and 49.7 percent in rural areas said they had temporarily or permanently lost their source of income due to Covid19.
Millions of jobs were lost as a result of the pandemic, particularly in the hospitality industry.
According to the survey, only 11% of urban households received any government assistance during the pandemic. 92.8 percent of rural residents reported receiving no assistance.
52.8 percent of respondents believe that the distribution of government aid to people during the Covid-19 pandemic was extremely unfair.
Elections are not free and fair, according to 26.6 and 23 percent, respectively, while 22.1 and 15.9 percent believe they are free and fair but with major problems, and 29.7 and 30.8 percent believe they are free and fair but with minor problems.
Afrobarometer interviewed a nationally representative, random, stratified probability sample of 2,400 adult Kenyans in collaboration with the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi.
It has a +/-2 margin of error.
Previous surveys in Kenya were conducted in 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, and 2019.
