{"id":119820,"date":"2025-08-15T11:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/west-pokot-tops-happiness-index-as-nairobi-nyamira-rank-among-unhappiest\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T11:07:16","slug":"west-pokot-tops-happiness-index-as-nairobi-nyamira-rank-among-unhappiest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/west-pokot-tops-happiness-index-as-nairobi-nyamira-rank-among-unhappiest\/","title":{"rendered":"West Pokot tops happiness index as Nairobi, Nyamira rank among unhappiest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 15 \u2014 West Pokot has been named Kenya\u2019s happiest county in Timely Kenya\u2019s latest three-year governors\u2019 scorecard, which assessed public satisfaction alongside governors\u2019 performance since the 2022 General Election.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The county, led by Governor Simon Kachapin, topped the happiness index, followed by Kwale in second place. <\/p>\n<p>Kiambu ranked third, while Narok and Homa Bay took fourth and fifth positions, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the spectrum, Nyamira was rated the least happy county, trailed by Kericho, Isiolo, Nairobi, and Bomet, which rounded out the bottom five.<\/p>\n<p>The happiness rankings were based on residents\u2019 responses to questions on overall satisfaction with county governance, development progress, and quality of service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>While the survey placed Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani, Homa Bay\u2019s Gladys Wanga, and Irungu Kang\u2019ata (Murang\u2019a) as the top three performers in delivering key devolved functions \u2014 with scores of 56.6 per cent, 54 per cent, and 52.8 per cent respectively \u2014 the happiness index suggested that strong performance often aligned with higher public morale, though not always perfectly.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service delivery <\/h2>\n<p>Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi (53.3 per cent) and Narok\u2019s Patrick Ole Ntutu (52.8 per cent) also appeared on both the top performance and top happiness lists.<\/p>\n<p>The survey found that 61.8 per cent of respondents would re-elect their current governor in 2027 if serving a first term, citing ongoing projects and delivery on campaign pledges. <\/p>\n<p>However, 38.2 per cent preferred new leadership to accelerate progress and address persistent challenges.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about overall satisfaction with governors\u2019 achievements over the past three years, only 43 per cent expressed approval, while 57 per cent voiced dissatisfaction \u2014 underscoring a mixed public mood despite notable pockets of contentment.<\/p>\n<p>Timely Kenya polled 4,805 respondents between August 3 and 11, 2025, using Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI). <\/p>\n<p>Forty per cent of respondents were drawn from county towns and cities, while the majority \u2014 60 per cent \u2014 lived in rural areas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 15 \u2014 West Pokot has been named Kenya\u2019s happiest county in Timely Kenya\u2019s latest three-year governors\u2019 scorecard, which assessed public satisfaction alongside governors\u2019 performance since the 2022 General Election. The county, led by Governor Simon Kachapin, topped the happiness index, followed by Kwale in second place. Kiambu ranked third, while Narok and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}