Sonko, Kidero tie at 45% in Nairobi race, Sakaja choice senator - Infotrak

Evans Kidero and Mike Sonko have tied at 45 per cent support in the city governor race, an Infotrak poll has found, just 10 days to the general election.

Incumbent Nairobi Governor Kidero is an ODM candidate while Senator Mike Sonko is in Jubilee party.

Independent candidate Peter Kenneth came third at 3.3 per cent and was followed by Miguna Miguna at two per cent.

In the Senator race, half of the Nairobi population will vote for Johnson Sakaja, who was found to have 50 per cent support.

Sakaja will be followed by ODM's Edwin Sifuna at 28 per cent and Suzanne Lenge at 1.5 per cent. 20 per cent is yet to decide who to vote for.

In the popularity of coalitions, Infotrak reported that the National Super Alliance has 54 per cent support while President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party has 38 per cent.

Data was collected through face to face interviews from July 15 to 22 and the research involved 15,000 respondents.

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