A survey conducted by market research company InfoTrak has highlighted the key reasons why a majority of Kenyans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
InfoTrak on Thursday, April 11, 2024, released the report of the survey that was conducted between March 8 to 9, 2024, in all 47 counties with 1,000 Kenyans involved.
According to the survey, a majority of Kenyans (58 per cent) said the country is headed in the wrong direction.
By region, Coast, Nyanza and Western recorded the highest level of those who think the country is headed in the wrong direction.
More than 50 per cent of respondents in all regions except Rift Valley said the country is heading in the wrong direction.
The top 17 key reasons why 58 per cent of Kenyans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction include; high cost of living (64 per cent), unemployment (38 per cent), poor governance (27 per cent).
Poverty (22 per cent), poor infrastructure (12 per cent), bad politics (12 per cent), poor quality of education (11 per cent) poor governance (11 per cent), unequal distribution of resources (11 per cent).
Rampant corruption in the country (10 per cent), increased insecurity/crime (10 per cent), tribalism (8 per cent), lack of cohesion in the country (6 per cent), wrong societal values (4 per cent).
Unresolved land/squatter issues (3 per cent), heavy taxation (2 per cent), poor healthcare (1 per cent), others (1 per cent).
Comparatively, there is a slight drop of 3 per cent of those who think the country is headed in the wrong direction in the period December 2022 to March 2024.
