Senior Officer Dismisses Opinion Poll Showing Sifuna Catching Up With Ruto Months To 2027 Election

State House official Dennis Itumbi has appeared to dismiss a new TIFA opinion poll showing Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna tying with President William Ruto in popularity ahead of the 2027 General Election.

The survey, conducted among 2,036 adults across all 47 counties, placed both Ruto and Sifuna at 31%, with neither enjoying a statistically significant lead. Fifteen per cent of respondents remained undecided.

Itumbi reacted by resharing a 2023 social media post in which he rejected TIFA and other Kenyan opinion polls, questioning their credibility even when the findings favoured Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.

According to the survey, Ruto’s popularity has risen from 18% in August 2022 to 31%, despite dropping to 16% in September 2025.

Sifuna, meanwhile, has recorded a remarkable rise from zero support in November 2025 to 31% in November 2026.

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka garnered 9%, while Democratic Change Party leader Rigathi Gachagua managed 4%.

Regionally, Sifuna leads in Western Kenya with 55%, against Ruto’s 25%, while the President dominates Central Rift with 59%.

The findings come as opposition leaders, including Sifuna, Kalonzo, Gachagua and Fred Matiang’i, pursue coalition talks ahead of the 2027 presidential contest.

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