Kithure Kindiki gets 55% among Ruto supporters
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
Kenya’s Deputy President Kithure Kindiki is preferred by 55% of William Ruto’s supporters to remain his running mate in the 2027 presidential election. Gladys Wanga comes second with 12%, ahead of Hassan Joho on 9%, according to a TIFA Research poll published on 12 November 2026.
Kenya’s Deputy President Kithure Kindiki gets 55% of preferences among supporters of President William Ruto to be retained as the vice-presidential candidate in the 2027 general election, according to a TIFA Research poll published on Thursday 12 November. Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga comes second with 12%, ahead of Hassan Joho, former governor of Mombasa, on 9%.
The poll also gives 4% each to the three other names tested: Oburu Odinga, senator and ODM leader, Musalia Mudavadi, Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Moses Wetang’ula, Speaker of the National Assembly. TIFA Research notes that other candidacies account for a significant share of preferences among William Ruto’s supporters, leaving the composition of the electoral alliance for 2027 open.
The same survey shows that 43% of Kenyans oppose the expanded government backed by William Ruto, compared with 32% who approve, while 15% have no opinion and 10% say they do not know about the arrangement. Support varies sharply by region, reaching 68% in the Northern area and 57% in the Central Rift, compared with 13% in Nairobi and 12% in the Mount Kenya region.
