Hawa Ndio Wakusema! Meet Kenya's 20 Most Influential People

Piece by: Uncle Chim Tuna
Lifestyle

Ipsos Synovate recently took it upon themselves to do a survey -apparently- to find out who Kenya's most influential people are and I honestly have a thousand and one questions for the people who carried out the survey because some of the names on the list are incredibly surprising!

PSOS Synovate conducted an opinion poll between 1st and 8th June to ascertain just who in Kenya would populate the list of Kenya's 20 most influential individuals and the list was eclectic with people ranging from politicians, musicians, actors, businessmen, journalists among others.

The went to 41 out of 47 counties in Kenya and interviewed a total of 4,971 Kenyans. And these are the Kenyans they found to be the 20 most influential people in Kenya:

  1. Uhuru Kenyatta
  2. Raila Odinga
  3. William Ruto
  4. Ali Hassan Joho
  5. Margaret Kenyatta
  6. Mike Sonko
  7. Kalonzo Musyoka
  8. Musalia Mudavadi
  9. Babu Owino
  10. Manu Chandaria
  11. Churchil Ndambuki
  12. Ida Odinga
  13. Aden Duale
  14. Francis Atwoli
  15. Johnstone Muthama
  16. Esther Passaris
  17. Lilian Muli
  18. Maina Kageni
  19. Julie Gichuru
  20. Chris Kirubi