Survey says Jubilee's performance 'average'

President Uhuru Kenyatta flanked by Deputy President William Ruto addressing Cabinet Secretaries ,Members of Parliament and Senior Government officials at the Great Rift Valley Lodge, Naivasha.

Residents of North Eastern are said to be the most satisfied individuals with the performance of the Jubilee government.

According to a survey done by Afrisearch Limited, Jubilee's score card in the region stands at 72 per cent compared to other areas.

These are Nyanza that had 51 per cent, Rift Valley (59.9), Central (53), Western (52) Eastern (48) and Coast (46.6).

According to the survey that rated Jubilee government with an average of 54.4 per cent, the region of North Eastern appeared to be the most impressed with the government's performance where international relations took the lead with a score of 75 per cent.

This was followed by how easy it is in securing employment in the public sector (74 per cent) with the least being 57 per cent that rated the state's handling of public funds.

"Generally, all regions had a low grading of the government on how it handled both tax and borrowed cash. Nairobi had the lowest score at 37 per cent," said Afrisearch Consultant Paul Jaoko.

Some of the sectors put under the microscope to examine their efficiency were security, devolution, infrastructure, health, public service, constitution, the fight against corruption, judiciary and others.

Of all the sectors infrastructure scored the highest nationwide with 62.4 per cent followed by healthcare (61) which took the lead in Western(67.5), Rift Valley(66.9) and came second in Coast(56.4).

"Many attributed the improved healthcare to First Lady's Margaret Kenyatta Beyond Zero campaign not realizing that it is not a government programme. However, majority of Kenyans still want the mandate of health returned to the national government," said Jaoko.

Fight against corruption and management of public funds scored lowest with 46.6 and 46.1 per cent respectively.

Rift valley residents are also said to be more impressed with Jubilee's performance in infrastructure, education and health care at 66.8, 66.9 and 62.2 per cent which was replicated in Nyanza.

Coast region was the least of the impressed regions with the most disappointing sector to the residents being finance at 38 per cent and public service 43 per cent. Infrastructure still score high(58 per cent).

Jubilee still scored high in the energy sector in Nyanza and central regions at 63 and 65 per cent: "This show the government's last mile connectivity project is bearing fruits across board as many are now connected to power."