Poll: Raila-Kalonzo ticket lead presidential race
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka (left) confers with Prime Minister Raila Odinga (right) during the Cord rally at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on December 22, 2012. The joint ticket of Mr Odinga andMr Musyoka would clinch the presidency if elections were held today, an opinion poll showed January 11, 2013. FILE NATION MEDIA GROUP
By ISAAC ONGIRI
Posted Friday, January 11 2013 at 12:22
Posted Friday, January 11 2013 at 12:22
The joint ticket of Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka would clinch the presidency if elections were held today, an opinion poll shows.
The Infotrak Research and Consulting survey released on Friday shows that the Raila-Kalonzo pairing under the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) would win the March 4 presidential election in the first round with 51 per cent of the vote.
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto of the Jubilee coalition would attract 39 per cent. Musalia Mudavadi of the United Democratic Forum (UDF) and the Peter Kenneth-Raphael Tuju alliance were tied at 3 per cent.
The poll found that Narc Kenya's Martha Karua would get 0.3 per cent and James ole Kiyiapi of the Restore and Build Kenya party 0.1 per cent, while 3 per cent of voters are still undecided.
The Raila-Kalonzo fronted Cord was rated the most popular alliance with an approval rating of 49 per cent.
The Jubilee Coalition, which brings together Mr Kenyatta and Mr Ruto, has a 40 per cent rating, while UDF stands at 3 per cent.
The Eagle Coalition represented by Peter Kenneth's Kenya National Congress (KNC) and Raphael Tuju's Party Of Action (POA) has a 3 per cent approval rating.
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