About 87 percent of Kenyans are dissatisfied with the country’s direction on economic management, a new study released on Monday by a not-for-profit organization has revealed.
According to the report, the proportion of citizens who express dissatisfaction has been increasing since 2016 when 53 percent were unhappy.
Citizens are equally dissatisfied with the country’s direction on job creation (82 percent) again these numbers have grown since 2016 when half of citizens (51 percent) were unhappy with this area.
While the share of Kenyans who are satisfied with the country’s direction on corruption has increased from 23percent in 2017 to 25percent in 2018, more than half of citizens (54percent) are still unhappy with management of corruption.
More positively, a majority of Kenyans (62percent) are satisfied with the country’s progress in security matters.
The report is based on data from ‘Sauti za Wananchi’, (Swahili for voice of the citizens) Africa’s first nationally representative high-frequency mobile phone survey.
“Despite some positive indications in citizens’ views about corruption management, 8 out of 10 Kenyans (77 percent) cite corruption as the main reason why the government’s agenda may not succeed,” noted the report.
“Other factors are named by far fewer people (politics – 13 percent, bureaucracy – 5 percent). Nonetheless, 14percent of Kenyans say that nothing will derail the agenda,” added the report.
According to the report, Kenyans citizens are keen for the government to reduce the cost of food by 40percent or to lower the cost of farm inputs and use local fertilizers.
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