TIFA in its second survey this year titled Economic Issues, National Government Performance and Priorities, and CS performance-Rating indicated that one in the five includes the household members.
The report highlights the high cost of living, hunger and drought and unemployment are the topping factors affecting Kenyans.
In a survey that was conducted between March 11 and 19 among over 2,065 selected respondents, 48 percent of people voted high cost of living as the major issue adversely affecting Kenyans.
Hunger and unemployment were rated at 25 percent and 13 percent each.
The report showed that 17 percent of citizens often sleep angry, and 29 percent once in a while.
51 percent of the respondents said they have never slept hungry while 3 percent were not sure.
37 percent of the Kenyans faulted the Kenya Kwanza government for economic hardship and 14 percent condemned it for failing to keep campaign promises.
“The cost of living is reported as most challenging in South Rift, Western, and Coast, while hunger and drought does likewise in Northern and Lower Eastern,” the report reads.
South Rift, Western, and Coast recorded 62 percent, 61 percent, and 58 percent in high cost of living respectively.
Central Rift and Nairobi registered 53 percent each, Nyanza 48 percent, and Mt Kenya 42 percent.
The Northern Region posted the highest affected with hunger at 52 percent, followed by Lower Eastern at 40 percent, and Nyanza at 31 percent.
“While nearly one-in-five Kenyans (17) percent report that they and other household members always or often sleep hungry, rather more of Azimio than Kenya Kwanza supporters indicate that this condition is affecting them (20 percent vs. 14 percent,” the report further reads.
“The converse is also apparent; with a clear majority of Kenya Kwanza supporters (56 percent) saying this is never the case, while a minority of Azimio supporters (44 percent) does so.”
TIFA attributes the high cost of living to the impact of Covid-19, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and drought.
“Given the above realities, it has become clear that the success of Kenya Kwanza largely issue-based pre-election campaign has become a major challenge to its continued popularity, given the difficulties it (or whoever had won the election) now faces in making such campaign promises as reality, at least in the short term.”
This comes as Azimio members are holding biweekly demonstrations against the high cost of living among other demands.
