Uriri MP Mark Nyamita ranked best-performing legislator in Nyanza

Uriri MP Mark Nyamita has been ranked the best-performing Member of Parliament in the Nyanza region after scoring 71 per cent in the latest performance survey by Infotrak.

Nyamita topped the regional rankings ahead of Awendo MP John Walter Owino and Suna West MP Peter Masara, who both scored 70 per cent.

Ugenya MP David Ouma Ochieng followed closely with a score of 70 per cent, while Alego Usonga MP Samuel Onunga rounded off the top five after attaining 68 per cent.

The survey was conducted between January and May 2026, covering all 47 counties, 290 constituencies and 1450 wards with an overall sample of 87,286.

Each county was treated as an individual universe and assigned a cluster sample, which ranged between 738 and 5100 respondents, guided by the population and number of wards in the respective counties.

The first survey was conducted between January and March 2026, involving 36,200 participants. The second survey, involving 51,086 participants, was conducted to boost the sample size so that each constituency had at least 300 respondents.

Within each county, sampling frames were designed using population proportionate to size guided by census data and catered for demographics such as age, gender etc.

Data was collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) and analysed using SPSS. The final questionnaire was structured using a 1-10 Likert scale, where 1 was very poor, and 10 was excellent.

The residents were asked to rate their MPs, Senators, and county Women Representatives' overall performance based on the scale. The average rating by all the respondents from each constituency determined the final rating of the elected leaders.

Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has emerged as Kenya's best-performing Member of Parliament in the latest Infotrak survey, while his Belgut counterpart, Nelson Koech, has been ranked among the country's top legislators after posting one of the highest approval ratings nationwide.

The nationwide survey, conducted between January and May 2026, ranked Babu first with an approval rating of 80 per cent, followed by Kabuchai MP Majimbo Kalasinga at 78 per cent and Taveta MP John Bwire at 76 per cent.

Koech, who represents Belgut Constituency, scored 73 per cent, tying with Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa, Mogotio MP Reuben Kiborek and Keiyo South MP Gideon Kimaiyo among the country's top-performing MPs.

Others in the national top tier include Aldai MP Marianne Kitany, Samburu East MP Jackson Lekumontare, Wundanyi MP Danson Mwashako and Mumias East MP Peter Salasya, who each recorded 72 per cent.

In the Rift Valley, Koech emerged among the region's best performers alongside Reuben Kiborek, Gideon Kimaiyo and Samburu West MP Josephine Lesuuda, all of whom attained ratings above 70 per cent.

Kabuchai MP Majimbo Kalasinga topped the Western region with 78 per cent, ahead of Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa (73 per cent) and Mumias East MP Peter Salasya (72 per cent).

Khwisero MP Christopher Aseka ranked fourth with 70 per cent, while Emuhaya MP Jeremiah Milemba and Ikolomani MP Bernard Masaka tied on 69 per cent.

In Nairobi, Babu led the rankings with 80 per cent, followed by Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi (65 per cent), Embakasi Central MP Benjamin Gathiru Mejjadonk (63 per cent) and Embakasi North MP James Gakuya (61 per cent).