Only 18% of Nairobi residents have attended political rallies since 2022 elections – TIFA
Only a small fraction of Nairobi residents have attended political rallies since the 2022 General Election, according to a new survey by TIFA.
The survey released on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, shows that about one-quarter of all Kenyans report having attended at least one political rally since the last election.
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However, participation varies widely across regions.
Other regions
According to TIFA, attendance was highest in the Coast region, where 43 per cent of respondents said they had attended a rally. In contrast, Nairobi recorded one of the lowest levels of participation, with only 18 per cent of residents saying they had attended a political gathering.
The Northern region reported the lowest turnout overall at 17 per cent.
“About one-quarter of all Kenyans report having attended at least one political rally since the last election. Such attendance has been highest in the Coast region (43%) and lowest in Nairobi and Northern (18% and 17%, respectively),” the TIFA report reads.
The latest poll suggests that political mobilisation remains uneven across the country, with urban centres such as Nairobi showing lower engagement in rallies compared to other regions.
The TIFA survey highlights shifting patterns in political involvement since the 2022 elections, raising questions about how political leaders and parties connect with citizens in different regions.
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The report also showed that at least half of those who attended a political rally since the 2022 election received financial or material gifts.
“Nearly half (49%) of those who report having attended at least one political rally since the last election say they received some financial or material incentive or ‘thank-you’ for doing so, whether before or after the event. Such motivation/compensation has been highest in Lower Eastern and Nyanza (66% and 65%, respectively) and lowest in the South Rift and North Rift (34% and 32%, respectively),” the TIFA report reads.
“Just how much less attendance at such rallies there would be without such ‘generosity’ by the organisers is impossible to determine. Rather more opponents of the BBG (and those with no opinion about it) report receiving such a thank-you for attending such rallies than do its supporters. (Note, however, that respondents were not asked the political affiliation of these rallies.)”
