Dennis Waweru leads Dagoretti South MP poll with 45.3pc

Dennis Waweru has taken the lead in the Dagoretti South parliamentary race, securing 45.3 per cent of responses in an online opinion poll conducted by Mwelekeo Insights.

Waweru finished ahead of Brian Muchene, who garnered 36.4 per cent, placing him 8.9 percentage points behind the frontrunner.

The poll, which attracted 3,971 responses before closing on November 11, 2026, puts the two candidates ahead of the rest of the field, with Steve Mbugua coming a distant third at 10.1 per cent.

Fanya Mambo Kinuthia received 5.5 per cent of the responses, while John KJ Kiarie garnered 1.8 per cent.

Edward Mwaura, popularly known as Tosh, recorded 0.7 per cent, with other candidates accounting for the remaining 0.2 per cent.

The gap between the leading two candidates and the rest of the field was particularly pronounced, with Mbugua trailing Muchene by 26.3 percentage points.

The findings position Waweru as the leading candidate in the survey, with Muchene emerging as his closest challenger in the contest for the Dagoretti South parliamentary seat.

However, Mwelekeo Insights described the exercise as an open online poll in which participation was voluntary. The results therefore reflect the preferences of individuals who chose to participate and should not be interpreted as a representative survey of all registered voters in the constituency.

The poll provides an indication of the candidates attracting online support as political activity gathers pace ahead of the next General Election.