This comes as President William Ruto marks one year in office.
Interestingly, the same poll gives Ruto a thumbs up on his performance as the country's chief executive officer, with those polled giving him 55 per cent.
A poll by Infotrak Research and Consulting paints a picture of a disappointed nation that is still grappling with the very issues they hoped the new government was to address.
Some of the reasons given by those who believe the country is off the track is the high cost of living and unemployment in the country.
High cost of living was among the reason cited by the opposition in their anti-government demonstrations early this year.
Eighty-nine per cent of the respondents cited the high cost of living for saying Kenya is headed in the wrong direction.
Unemployment was cited as the second reason.
In his presidential campaigns, Ruto had promised to create jobs and cut down the prices of basic commodities to uplift those at the bottom of economic pyramid.
However, according to the new poll released on Tuesday, only 30 per cent of Kenyans believe that things are going to change for the better.
In an interesting twist, Kenyans for the first time put their political biases aside while rating the government with both opposition and government zones dismissing the government efforts in addressing the two most pressing concerns.
According to the survey conducted on September 10, 2023, only 38 per cent of Kenyans from Ruto’s Rift Valley backyard believe Kenya is headed in the right direction.
Central region, another area that voted for Kenya Kwanza almost to a man, had only 40 per cent of residents indicating that the country is on the right track.
According to the findings, 68 per cent of Western region believes the country is not on the right path followed by Nyanza where 67 per cent of those polled expressed similar opinion.
Majority of Nairobi residents (61 per cent) also believe the country is not on the right direction followed by Eastern (56 per cent), Coast (51 per cent), Northeastern (48 per cent).
Other reasons cited are poor governance (20 per cent), poverty (12 per cent), bad politics (eight per cent) and poor quality of education (five per cent).
The survey was conducted in all the 47 counties with a sample size of 1,000. It had +/-3.099 per cent margin of error and 95 per cent degree of confidence.
The same poll rated Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki as the best performing CS at 56 per cent.
He was followed by Education CS Ezekiel Machogu (55 per cent), Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi (54 per cent) and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen at 54 per cent.
Defence CS Aden Duale was polled fifth with 53 per cent, Health’s Susan Nakhumicha (53 per cent), ICT’s Eliud Owalo (52 per cent), Sports' Ababu Namwamba (51 per cent) and Tourism’s Peninah Malonza (51 per cent).
Energy CS Davis Chirchir and Treasury CS Njuguna Ndungú were rated as the worst performing CSs at 43 per cent and 44 per cent respectively.
