Kindiki leads the list of top performing CS while Chirchir trails the bottom
In the recent Trends and Insights for Africa (TIFA) survey, Prof Kithure Kindiki, the Secretary for Interior and National Administration, was a top performer with a 65% rating.
He was narrowly surpassed by Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, who scored 62%.
Ezekiel Machogu of the Ministry of Education received a 58% rating, while Susan Nakhumicha from the Health Ministry and Kipchumba Murkomen from the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works were both rated at 57%.
The survey focused on aspects like awareness, trust, visibility, transparency, commitment, and issue resolution.
It highlighted varying levels of public trust: only 46% trusted Mr. Machogu, whereas Mr. Mudavadi earned the trust of 70% of respondents. Prof Kindiki was trusted by 68%, Ms. Nakhumicha by 61%, and Mr. Murkomen by 60%.
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When it came to commitment in addressing issues important to Kenyans, Murkomen scored the lowest at 55%, followed by Nakhumicha at 57%, Machogu at 61%, Mudavadi at 60%, and Kindiki at 66%.
In the transparency category, Prof Kindiki led with 63%, with Murkomen at 59%, Mudavadi at 57%, Machogu at 56%, and Nakhumicha at 55%.
On the bottom five, Davis Chirchir, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, was ranked as the least performing, with a score of only 19%.
In the list, Aisha Jumwa, the Gender Cabinet Secretary, was rated at 23%, closely followed by Njuguna Ndungu, the Treasury Cabinet Secretary, with a 24% rating.
Also among the lowest scorers were Lands and Housing Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome and Zachariah Njeru, the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Sanitation, both receiving a rating of 24%.
Conducted between November 25 and December 7, this survey engaged over 3,000 respondents aged 17 and above.
Around September, Infotrak ranked Prof Kindiki the best-performing CS. He was ranked a grade C scoring 59 per cent.
During that survey, 4,000 respondents were interviewed from August 21 to August 23, 2023,, conducted through computer-assisted telephone interviews.