On the doctors strike , at least nine out of 10 Kenyans (89 per cent) are aware of the standoff, with 56 per cent of these respondents saying that they or their family members have been directly affected by the absence of medical staff from hospitals.
Western region is the worst hit area by the doctors strike, with 69 per cent of respondents saying they have been directly affected by the industrial action.
They are followed by Mt Kenya (61 per cent), Nairobi and Nyanza (59), Lower Eastern (56), Coast (55), and Central Rift (46), with the South Rift and Northern Regions tailing this specific demographic with 43 per cent.
Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha is the individual Kenyans perceive in the TIFA poll as most blamed for the medical workers strike at 47 per cent. At 28 per cent, the medical workers union follows in the list of those blamed for the industrial action that has paralysed operations at public hospitals.
Seventy-eight per cent of Kenyans believe there has been an increase in the number of road accidents.
Steering busesOnly 15 per cent of respondents believe the number of accidents has decreased, with another 4 per cent saying the situation has remained the same. Three per cent do not know if there has been a change.
Public transport drivers steering buses and matatus were blamed by 29 per cent of Kenyans for the rise in accidents.
Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen came in second as the individual most responsible for the deadly accidents at 25 per cent.
Other entities blamed for the accidents include the Traffic police (12 per cent), The National Transport and Safety Authority (6 per cent), long-distance transporters (5 per cent), Kenya National Highways Authority (3 per cent), with poor roads, pedestrians/passengers and boda boda operators at one per cent each.
More than half of residents in Nairobi (56 per cent), Northern Kenya (53 per cent), and Lower Eastern (53 per cent) say their areas have been affected 'a great deal by the floods.
Significantly higherThis figure is significantly higher than the national average of 36 per cent of those feeling their regions have been greatly affected by the floods.
Some 31 per cent of Kenyans feel they have been somewhat affected, with another 32 per cent saying they have not been affected at all.'
As indicated at the outset, the publics (and the medias) focus on inflation and the associated cost-of-living issue has been largely overtaken-by-events recently, with the medics industrial action, the fertiliser scam-scandal, almost daily road carnage, and the on-going heavy rains and floods in many parts of the country taking centre stage, TIFA researcher Tom Wolf told the media.
