Former Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu leads the race for the Kitui governorship ahead of Enoch Wambua and Dr Irene Kasulu, according to Mwelekeo Insights’ October 2026 poll.
The results, published on October 28, 2026, place Ngilu at 27.3%, followed by Wambua at 25.6% and Kasulu at 23.2%. The three contenders are closely positioned, with a difference of just 4.1 percentage points between the leading candidate and the third-placed contender.
How the candidates ranked
Dr Makali Mulu ranks fourth with 12.5%, followed by Peninah Malonza at 7.3%. Nicholas Mulila garnered 3.9%, while other candidates collectively accounted for 0.2% of the published results.
Ngilu holds a 1.7 percentage-point lead over Wambua, while the gap between Wambua and Kasulu stands at 2.4 percentage points.
The findings come as political activity intensifies ahead of the 2027 General Election. Ngilu has stepped up her bid to reclaim the Kitui governorship, while Wambua has officially declared his bid for the county’s top seat.
The poll offers a snapshot of the candidates’ standings in the published results as the contest takes shape ahead of the next electoral cycle.
Mwelekeo Insights’ record of political polls
The Kitui findings form part of a wider collection of electoral opinion polls published by Mwelekeo Insights ahead of the 2027 elections. The Nairobi-based research firm has published results covering gubernatorial, senatorial, parliamentary and women representative races across several counties.
Its recent publications include the Kiambu governor poll, the Kajiado governor poll, the Nyeri Senate poll and the Embakasi West parliamentary poll.
Readers can explore the firm’s published polling archive to examine findings from different counties, electoral positions and publication dates.
The archive provides a record of the firm’s polling activity across multiple political contests. Methodological transparency and comparisons between past poll findings and independently established election outcomes can offer further insight into the reliability of its work.