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Nearly a fifth of Kenyans have been victims of crime in the last three months, a new poll has shown.
Crime levels were high in Nairobi and Western (22 per cent) and low in Central Rift (13 per cent).

But the levels of reporting of such crime vary, with that in Western well over twice the levels in Lower Eastern and Nairobi (64 per cent and 28 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively).

According to Trends and Insights for Africa (TIFA) opinion poll, Central Rift had the lowest number of victims of crime in the last three months at 13 per cent followed by Lower Eastern with 14 per cent and Northern and Nyanza had 17 per cent.

“Some 47 per cent of respondents said they reported the crime to some authority. Western had 64 per cent of reporting, Central Rift and Northern Kenya had 50 per cent each while Coast and South Rift had 49 per cent respectively,” the poll states.

Least affected

The poll showed that at least 18 per cent of Kenyans reported that their localities have been affected by recent floods as a consequence of the El Nino rains.

The highest area affected was Northern Kenya at 62 per cent followed by Coast at 41 per cent and Nyanza at 29 per cent while the least affected was Central Rift, Western, South Rift and Nairobi at 10 per cent, 12 per cent and 16 per cent respectively.

At least 19 per cent of Kenyans said that people affected by floods have received some assistance, with the highest reported in Central and South Rift at 42 per cent and 37 per cent each, followed by Coast, Northern and Lower Eastern at 29 per cent, 23 per cent and 18 per cent respectively while the lowest assistance was recorded in Nairobi, Nyanza and Western at five per cent, nine per cent and 10 per cent each.

On political parties, the poll showed that United Democratic Alliance (UDA) is still the strongest party in Central and South Rift as well as Mt Kenya region.

Nationally, UDA is the strongest party at 31 per cent ODM at 22 per cent and Jubilee at two per cent while 33 per cent said none.

Similarly, the poll has shown that a majority of Kenyans currently lack a conviction that there is any political party that “genuinely” has the interests of “people like you” at heart.

According to the poll, such a negative view is slightly more prominent among supporters of the Kenya Kwanza government than among those of the Azimio Opposition (54 per cent versus 51 per cent) but is considerably higher among those who support neither coalition at 67 per cent).