{"id":147094,"date":"2026-07-17T11:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/poll-puts-osotsi-ahead-in-vihiga-governor-race-with-40pc-support\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T11:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:02:51","slug":"poll-puts-osotsi-ahead-in-vihiga-governor-race-with-40pc-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/poll-puts-osotsi-ahead-in-vihiga-governor-race-with-40pc-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll puts Osotsi ahead in Vihiga governor race with 40pc support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 17 \u2013 Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi would win the county\u2019s gubernatorial race if elections were held today, according to a new Timely Kenya opinion poll that places him well ahead of his closest challenger, Kahi Indimuli.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The survey gives Osotsi 40 percent support against Indimuli\u2019s 26.5 percent, giving the senator a 13.5 percentage-point lead. <\/p>\n<p>Omboko Milemba ranks third with 15 percent, while Beatrice Adagala trails at 6 percent. A further 12.5 percent of respondents were either undecided or preferred other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The poll published on Friday indicates that Osotsi\u2019s advantage is anchored in three of Vihiga County\u2019s five constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>According to the constituency breakdown, he leads in Sabatia, Luanda and Emuhaya, while Indimuli enjoys stronger support in Hamisi and Vihiga constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Osotsi maintains a comfortable countywide lead, support varies across constituencies, highlighting the importance of regional voting patterns ahead of the 2027 election,\u201d the report notes.<\/p>\n<p>Timely Kenya said the survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews with 1,200 registered voters across all five constituencies between July 2 and July 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe survey was conducted through face-to-face interviews among 1,200 registered voters across the five constituencies of Vihiga County, with a margin of error of \u00b10.98%,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<p>Respondents were selected using quota sampling based on Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) population estimates, with trained enumerators conducting in-person interviews across the county.<\/p>\n<p>The findings suggest that while Osotsi has established an early lead, the race remains fluid, with more than one in every eight voters yet to settle on a preferred candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The survey forms part of Timely Kenya\u2019s broader assessment of the 2027 political landscape in Vihiga County, covering the gubernatorial, senatorial, woman representative and National Assembly contests.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 17 \u2013 Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi would win the county\u2019s gubernatorial race if elections were held today, according to a new Timely Kenya opinion poll that places him well ahead of his closest challenger, Kahi Indimuli. The survey gives Osotsi 40 percent support against Indimuli\u2019s 26.5 percent, giving the senator a 13.5 [&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-147094","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\/147094","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=147094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147094\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}