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Kenya · Scheduled

President of Kenya — 2027

Aug 10, 2027

Elections

Stale
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Next national election
Aug 10, 2027
Role
Presidential election · Head of state
Selection method
Direct election
Status
Scheduled
Round
1
Dataset hash: a6260985adce302dbeac3cab42a9474baf2f4aba5c1acb1f96dc56e0b1c773b1Kenya Law

Contest rounds

Round 1 · First round
Dataset hash: a6260985adce302dbeac3cab42a9474baf2f4aba5c1acb1f96dc56e0b1c773b1Kenya Law
Scheduled
Round 2 · Runoff
Dataset hash: a6260985adce302dbeac3cab42a9474baf2f4aba5c1acb1f96dc56e0b1c773b1Kenya Law
Planned
Published contest rules
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  "constitutionalArticles": [
    136,
    137,
    138
  ],
  "countyCount": 47,
  "countyThresholdBps": 2500,
  "countyThresholdMinimumCount": 24,
  "nationalMajorityRequired": true,
  "rounds": 2,
  "runoffWithinDays": 30
}

Candidates

Candidate–opponent strategy evidence

A directional comparison and factual public-message frame for each sourced pair in the same contest.

Preliminary evidence scenario, not a prediction or guarantee of an electoral result. It uses public sources, makes no causal claim and uses no demographic microtargeting. Methodology

There is not enough compatible, sourced evidence to publish a pairwise analysis for this contest yet.

Election results

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

wikidata_election_items

Signal

Polls

Infotrak Research & Consulting

Poll share · Kenyan adults aged 18 and above · presidential_vote_all_adults

David MaragaCandidate2.0%Original value: 2%Published precision: 0
Rigathi GachaguaUnresolved4.0%Original value: 4%Published precision: 0
OthersOther1.0%Original value: 1%Published precision: 0
Fred MatiangiCandidate12.0%Original value: 12%Published precision: 0
Babu OwinoUnresolved3.0%Original value: 3%Published precision: 0
Edwin SifunaCandidate12.0%Original value: 12%Published precision: 0
Kalonzo MusyokaUnresolved13.0%Original value: 13%Published precision: 0
William RutoCandidate32.0%Original value: 32%Published precision: 0
UndecidedUndecided18.0%Original value: 18%Published precision: 0
Martha KaruaCandidate1.0%Original value: 1%Published precision: 0
Prefer not to sayRefused3.0%Original value: 3%Published precision: 0

Forecasts

Top issues

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

wikidata_election_items

Prediction components

David Maraga

Candidacy forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

80.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%

Eliud Owalo

Candidacy forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

80.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%

Fred Matiangi

Candidacy forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

80.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%

Martha Karua

Candidacy forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

80.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%

Other / unresolved

Win forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

100.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Other and unresolved100.0%100.0%100%

David Maraga

Win forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

0.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Campaign strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%
Compatible poll shareNo data publishedNo data published50%
Economic contextNo data publishedNo data published0%
FundraisingNo data publishedNo data published0%
Ground organizationNo data publishedNo data published0%
Incumbency0.0%0.0%5%
Last comparable party voteNo data publishedNo data published25%
Media cluster share (30 days)No data publishedNo data published20%
Media coverageNo data publishedNo data published0%
Party strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Social sentimentNo data publishedNo data published0%
Polling momentumNo data publishedNo data published0%

Eliud Owalo

Win forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

0.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Campaign strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%
Compatible poll shareNo data publishedNo data published50%
Economic contextNo data publishedNo data published0%
FundraisingNo data publishedNo data published0%
Ground organizationNo data publishedNo data published0%
Incumbency0.0%0.0%5%
Last comparable party voteNo data publishedNo data published25%
Media cluster share (30 days)No data publishedNo data published20%
Media coverageNo data publishedNo data published0%
Party strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Social sentimentNo data publishedNo data published0%
Polling momentumNo data publishedNo data published0%

Fred Matiangi

Win forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

0.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Campaign strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%
Compatible poll shareNo data publishedNo data published50%
Economic contextNo data publishedNo data published0%
FundraisingNo data publishedNo data published0%
Ground organizationNo data publishedNo data published0%
Incumbency0.0%0.0%5%
Last comparable party voteNo data publishedNo data published25%
Media cluster share (30 days)No data publishedNo data published20%
Media coverageNo data publishedNo data published0%
Party strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Social sentimentNo data publishedNo data published0%
Polling momentumNo data publishedNo data published0%

Martha Karua

Win forecast · heuristic-v1 1.0.0

0.0%
ComponentInputApplied valueWeight
Campaign strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Candidacy score80.0%80.0%100%
Compatible poll shareNo data publishedNo data published50%
Economic contextNo data publishedNo data published0%
FundraisingNo data publishedNo data published0%
Ground organizationNo data publishedNo data published0%
Incumbency0.0%0.0%5%
Last comparable party voteNo data publishedNo data published25%
Media cluster share (30 days)No data publishedNo data published20%
Media coverageNo data publishedNo data published0%
Party strengthNo data publishedNo data published0%
Social sentimentNo data publishedNo data published0%
Polling momentumNo data publishedNo data published0%

Media profile

Approval · Favorability · Negativity

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Media profile

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

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Strengths · Weaknesses · Attacks · Controversies

Controversy

Kenya News Agency reported on 27 July 2026 that Sifuna signalled an exit from ODM while declaring his presidential bid and was looking for a political vehicle.

ActiveEdwin SifunaConfidence: 100.0%Language: enJul 27, 2026Dataset hash: a2822e33a6d866526494eadd5e556db09b412302cea036c6e0c1bbe6f228a979Evidence: Sisi Ndio Sifuna campaignEvidence: Kenya News Agency

Strength

Infotrak measured Edwin Sifuna at 20% among respondents aged 18-26, his strongest age-group result, compared with 12% nationally.

ActiveEdwin SifunaConfidence: 100.0%Language: enJul 15, 2026Dataset hash: 20045c183e84c176ee8b8ab01a0b7a9f197431cafc874d68027808c7cdaa7b26Evidence: Infotrak Research & Consulting

Weakness

In the same national Infotrak voting-intention question, Sifuna had 12%, behind William Ruto at 32% and Kalonzo Musyoka at 13%, and level with Fred Matiangi at 12%.

ActiveEdwin SifunaConfidence: 100.0%Language: enJul 15, 2026Dataset hash: 20045c183e84c176ee8b8ab01a0b7a9f197431cafc874d68027808c7cdaa7b26Evidence: Infotrak Research & Consulting

Campaign signals

Partial

Coverage is partial and no record is currently available for this section.

licensed_commons_asset

Sources

14

  1. 1Citizen Digital Kenyacitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Boniface Mwangi official campaignLINK-ONLY-NO-CONTENT-REUSE · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka official campaignLINK-ONLY-NO-CONTENT-REUSE · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Kenya News Agencycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Sisi Ndio Sifuna campaigncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  7. 7Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 2.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  8. 8Martha Karua official websiteLINK-ONLY-NO-CONTENT-REUSE · Aug 9, 2026
  9. 9David Maraga official campaign websiteLINK-ONLY-NO-CONTENT-REUSE · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Fred Matiang'i official campaign websiteLINK-ONLY-NO-CONTENT-REUSE · Aug 9, 2026
  11. 11Eliud Owalo official websiteLINK-ONLY-NO-CONTENT-REUSE · Aug 9, 2026
  12. 12Kenya LawKE-GOV-PD · Aug 9, 2026
  13. 13Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  14. 14Infotrak Research & Consultingcitation_only · Jul 15, 2026