Sifuna leads Ruto in several regions ahead of 2027
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Capital FM
Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna leads President William Ruto in several regions, according to a November 2026 TIFA poll. Sifuna has 55% in western Kenya against 25% for Ruto, while the president retains strong leads in the Central Rift and north, according to TIFA Research.
Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna leads Kenyan President William Ruto in four regions of Kenya in preferences for the 2027 presidential election, according to a TIFA Research poll conducted in November 2026. Sifuna has 55% in the West against 25% for Ruto, and 39% in Nairobi against 13% for the president.
The senator also leads in the South Rift, with 33% against 29% for Ruto, and in Mount Kenya, with 32% against 11%. Ruto nevertheless has the advantage in the coastal region, with 40% against 36%, in Nyanza, with 35% against 31%, in the Central Rift, with 59% against 16%, and in the North, with 62% against 20%, according to TIFA Research.
Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper party, leads in the Lower Eastern region with 55% of preferences, against 20% for Ruto and 8% for Sifuna. Kenya’s Constitution provides that a presidential candidate must obtain more than 50% of votes cast and at least 25% of the vote in more than half of the 47 counties to be declared president-elect.
