Kenyans believe that Deputy President William Ruto is the most corrupt leader, a new poll released by Ipsos indicates.
Ruto leads the pack with 33 per cent followed by
Kirinyaga governor Ann Waiguru at 31 per cent with
retired President
Daniel Moi coming third with 17 per cent.
Also named as corrupt is President Uhuru Kenyatta at 11
per cent, former president
Mwai
Kibaki and ODM Party leader Raila Odinga at five per cent.
But the survey shows that 51 per cent of Kenyans believe Uhuru is sincere in the fight against corruption.
In 2016, Ruto dismissed claims that he is corrupt
and accused those who say so of envy.
“I’m very proud of my record. I perfectly understand the people who believe that the only way to get anywhere is to take shortcuts. I have got here by sheer hard work,” said Ruto.
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41 per cent of Kenyans said political protection was the greatest impediment to the graft war.
According to the poll, 59 per cent of Kenyans also believes the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Only 28 per cent of Kenyans
believe
Kenya is headed in the right direction.
The poll was conducted between July
25 to August
2 and had a 95 per cent confidence level.
