Pollsters speaking to greed, not the science of surveys

Opinion polls are very important tools for assessing the opinion of ordinary people about important topics. Polls are conducted for many reasons, but in Kenya, we pay most attention to the popularity of politicians; the horse race.

The response to any poll is predictable: Praise from those they favour, criticism from those they don’t. The response by Musalia Mudavadi to the most recent poll by Ipsos showing that about half of Kenyans would vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta is typical.