How often Kenyan news outlets name each candidate and party. It counts stories, not opinions: a story counts whether it is good or bad news for the person named.

156 stories naming a candidate or party in the last 30 days11 outlets7 candidates named

Candidates named most often

  1. William Ruto86Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 2, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 78
  2. Edwin Sifuna23Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4, 18
  3. Kalonzo Musyoka13Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 9
  4. Johnson Sakaja10Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 8
  5. Rigathi Gachagua9Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 7
  6. Babu Owino4Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4
  7. David Maraga1Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0

Parties named most often

  1. ODM15Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 13
  2. Wiper12Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 8
  3. Jubilee10Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 8
  4. UDA6Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 2
  5. DCP4Stories per week, oldest to newest: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4

Bars: number of stories. Line: stories per week over the last 12 weeks. Ties are shown A–Z.

By outlet (last 30 days)

OutletStoriesNamed most
AllAfrica11William Ruto, Johnson Sakaja, Kalonzo Musyoka
Business Daily1William Ruto
Capital FM20William Ruto, Edwin Sifuna, Kalonzo Musyoka
Citizen Digital39William Ruto, ODM, Edwin Sifuna
K24 Digital5William Ruto, Rigathi Gachagua
KBC Digital16William Ruto, Kalonzo Musyoka, ODM
Nairobi Wire3Edwin Sifuna, Johnson Sakaja, Kalonzo Musyoka
Nation5Edwin Sifuna, Wiper, UDA
NTV Kenya10William Ruto, Edwin Sifuna, Johnson Sakaja
People Daily21William Ruto, Edwin Sifuna, Babu Owino
The Standard25William Ruto, ODM, Kalonzo Musyoka
Every name, A–Z

Stories in the last 7 days · 30 days · 12 weeks.

How this is counted

  • Chagua’s news reader collects stories from Kenyan outlets and tags each one with the candidates and parties it names. Each story counts once per name.
  • Counts say nothing about tone, accuracy or prominence, and more coverage is not better or worse. Chagua does not rate outlets or people.
  • Tagging is automatic. It can miss nicknames and spelling variations, and only names Chagua tracks are counted. Outlets that publish more stories will show larger numbers.
  • Updated every night. Last update: 3 Oct 2026, 1:40 am.

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