Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki fell further behind his main challenger, Raila Odinga, in opinion polls on Friday, just three weeks before elections that are expected to be the East African country’s closest.
The latest Steadman poll gave opposition leader Odinga 46% to Kibaki’s 42%. Its last poll two weeks ago had the 76-year-old incumbent running neck-and-neck with Odinga, with both on 43,3%.
George Waititu, Steadman’s managing director, forecast further polling fluctuations.
”We expect public opinion to change … the political landscape is not static,” he told reporters.
Odinga also led in three other surveys released on Friday.
Polls by Consumer Insight and Strategic Research both showed Odinga leading with 43%, followed by Kibaki on 39%. Another poll by Infotrak Harris showed Odinga leading by 43,7%, followed by Kibaki with 39,2%.
Frenetic campaigns ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections on December 27 have been marred by violence and allegations of fraud. — Reuters