Most of Raila Odingaโs declared 2022 voters support Deputy President Rigathi Gachaguaโs impeachment as compared to President William Rutoโs voters, a new study by TIFA has shown.[โฆ]CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLEโถ
According to a report released by the firm on Monday, October 7, 2024, 54 per cent of Railaโs declared 2022 voters support Gachaguaโs impeachment while 29 per cent oppose the plans. 17 per cent of the opposition leaderโs supporters remained neutral.
On the other hand, only 34 per cent of Rutoโs 2022 voters supported the impeachment plans while 45 per cent opposed the plans. 22 per cent of Rutoโs voters remained neutral on the issue.
Most Kenyans (78 per cent) are aware of the current effort to remove DP Gachagua, with even more of the residents of the Mt Kenya region aware of this (86 per cent).
Overall, Kenyans are quite divided over the current effort to remove Gachagua from office by impeachment, with only a slight plurality in support of it (41 per cent vs 38 per cent).
According to the report, the most frequent reason for supporting the DPโs impeachment (by those who do so) is his perceived discriminatory attitude and speech in favour of his own (Mt Kenya) community (35 per cent).
Poor performance and bad leadership emerged as the second-most featured reason (20 per cent) by those supporting Gachaguaโs impeachment.
However, a considerable proportion who favour his impeachment could not offer any reason for doing so (17 per cent).
On the other hand, those opposing Gachaguaโs impeachment faulted the many charges laid against him in the National Assemblyโs impeachment motion.
Most of those opposing the impeachment plan (36 per cent) feel that he is being attacked unfairly. Others (18 per cent) say that his leadership style/performance has been good.
The third most frequent reason is that both Gachagua and President William Ruto should be allowed to finish their current termโฆCLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLES>>>
