According to a new poll released by Trends and Insights For Africa (TIFA), Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary (CS) Davis Chirchir has been ranked the worst-performing CS with a score of 19%.

Others who finished in the bottom five include Gender CS Aisha Jumwa (23%) and her Treasury counterpart Njuguna Ndungu (24%).

 Lands and Housing CS Alice Wahome and her Water and Sanitation counterpart, Zachariah Njeru, also made it to the list of worst performers, with a tie at 24 percent.

However, the poll also ranked Ministry of Interior and Local Administration boss Kithure Kindiki as the best-performing cabinet secretary, scoring 65 percent.

This comes just four months after topping yet another survey by TIFA.

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Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and also in charge of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, came in second with a score of 62 percent, followed by Ezekiel Machogu, Education CS, with a score of 58 percent.

Susan Nakhumicha, Cabinet Secretary for Health, and Kipchumba Murkomen, Cabinet Secretary for Roads, Transport, and Public Works, tied for fourth place with 57 percent.

At least 3,0009 respondents, constituting a representative sample of Kenya’s adult population, were polled between November 25 and December 7.

According to TIFA, the ratings were based on several metrics: awareness, trust, visibility, commitment, issue resolution, and transparency.