Infotrak Kenya researchers have been summoned by Parliament to explain how they carried out a survey on the performance of lawmakers in their constituencies.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi directed the Education and Research Committee to summon Infotrak chief executive officer, Angela Ambitho, within seven days to explain how her firm collected the data.
MPs who were ranked poorly had raised concerns over the accuracy of the poll, which was released on Sunday, September 27.
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The study aimed to gauge the attitude of constituents on the work of their elected leaders.
In the survey conducted between November and December 2019 and January 2020, the pollsters posed only one question to voters: “How would you rate the overall performance of your governor, senator, Woman Rep, ward rep, and MP on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is extremely poor and 10 is excellent?”
Emuhaya MP Omboko Milemba, was ranked the best performing, followed by Johanna Ng’eno (Emurua Dikirr ), Vincent Musau (Mwala), Chris Aseka (Khwisero), Patrick Musimba (Kibwezi West) and Peter Lokachopong (Sigor).
On Tuesday, MPs who were ranked as poor performers took issue with the pollster, with some claiming that they were asked for bribes to be ranked.
Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo, who was ranked among the poor performers accused Ambitho of being used to malign women legislators who have better looks than her.
