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:
- Uhuru Kenyatta
- Raila Odinga
- William Ruto
- Ali Hassan Joho
- Margaret Kenyatta
- Mike Sonko
- Kalonzo Musyoka
- Musalia Mudavadi
- Babu Owino
- Manu Chandaria
- Churchil Ndambuki
- Ida Odinga
- Aden Duale
- Francis Atwoli
- Johnstone Muthama
- Esther Passaris
- Lilian Muli
- Maina Kageni
- Julie Gichuru
- Chris Kirubi
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