By Mary Mukabane
Hon. Samson Ndindi Nyoro has emerged to be the best performing member of Parliament since taking office after last year elections.
This is According to Politrack Africa, a political research company that has this week published the top 20 best performing Mps in Kenya.
According to the firm, the performance of the members of Parliament was accumulated from a satisfaction ranking by the electorates of the constituencies in a scale of 1-10.
Honourable Ndindi Nyoro garnered a 73.7% approval rating from his electorates while Embakasi East Mp, Hon. Babu Owino came second place with 72.1%. Kimilili MP Hon. Didmus Barasa, came at third position with 70.6% in a tie with Mavoko MP, Patrick Makau.
Speaking during the report launch in Nairobi City, the Data reporting officer Zipporah Umile said that women leaders came out shining as well at the opinion polls.
“According to the ranking, 3 women MP’s made it to the top 20 including Bahati MP Irene Njoki, Rangwe MP Lilian Gogo and Kisumu West MP Roza Buyu,” she said.
She also said that the various reasons which the electorates provided for rating the performance of their Mps included management of the CDF kitty, bursary allocations and initiation of development projects.
“The electorates also looked at how vocal their Mps were in articulating issues that affected them and how accessible they were when needed by the voters,” she added.
At the fourth position came Kiminini MP Hon. Maurice Kakau with 69.8% approval ratings in a tie with Westlands Mp, Hon. Tim Wanyonyi.
Other Mps in top 20 positions included Bahati MP Irene Njoki, Lafey MP, Mohamed Abdikheir, Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa, Mogotio MP Reuben Kipngor, Wajir South MP Mohamed Aden Dow, Lugari MP Nabii Nabwera and Rangwe MP Lilian Gogo among others.
