Real-time Political Intelligence · Kenya

Kenya's Governance and Political Mood, Live.

See what Kenyans are saying about political leadership, governance, public institutions and the issues shaping everyday life. PublicMoodTracker brings together live public sentiment from across the country, helping you understand how opinion is changing, where it is changing, and what is driving the conversation. Search a politician, county, institution or issue to explore the public mood.

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KNBS-verified county data XLM-RoBERTa sentiment model Swahili · English · Sheng NLP

Live Snapshot

Kenya's Public Mood Right Now

Get an immediate snapshot of how Kenyans are feeling about governance, political leadership and the country's most discussed issues. See the balance of positive, neutral and negative sentiment, identify emerging shifts, and discover the topics currently influencing public opinion across Kenya. Updated continuously to show how the national conversation is evolving.

Public Mood Now

LIVE
Tracked
47
Counties
9
Sources

PublicMoodTracker monitors public sentiment on Kenyan politicians, counties and issues across 9 live sources, using AI models trained specifically on Kenyan political discourse.

Live Data

Top Political Rankings

Ranked by national sentiment score · today's biggest movers · refreshed every 15 min

Geographic Intelligence

Explore Kenya by County

47-county sentiment heatmap, updated every 15 minutes

Campaign Issues

Major National Issues

What Kenyans are actually talking about, ranked by mention volume

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9 sources · English · Kiswahili · Sheng · 47 counties

Side by Side

Compare Politicians

Compare up to 6 politicians — sentiment, county reach, and 90-day trends, side by side.

Sentiment Scores County Breakdown Trend Analysis AI Insights
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Under the hood

How PublicMoodTracker works

From a tweet in Sheng to a sentiment score on your dashboard — in under 15 minutes.

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We scrape 9 sources

Twitter/X, Facebook, YouTube, Nation, Standard, Tuko, Star, Citizen, KBC — every 15 minutes, around the clock.

02

AI tags each post

Every post is linked to a politician, county, or issue — slang, nicknames and Sheng handled natively.

03

Sentiment scored

A multilingual model trained on Kenyan political discourse scores each post, sarcasm included.

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Delivered instantly

Web dashboard, PDF/Word/PPT report, or WhatsApp bot — wherever you work.

Built for Kenya

Data, Methodology & Credibility

Every design decision was made with the Kenyan political context in mind — and every score is traceable back to the posts that produced it.

English, Swahili & Sheng

  • Three separate NLP models — one per language, built on Kenyan political discourse
  • Sarcasm detection trained specifically on Kenyan data — catches local idioms others miss
  • Handles code-switching and Sheng slang natively

Full 47-County Coverage

  • Country → Region → County → Ward level granularity
  • All 1,450+ wards tracked individually with MCA sentiment data
  • Interactive choropleth map updated live

Pay via M-Pesa

  • Flexible pricing — full dashboard access from KES 1,000/day
  • Plans include PDF/Word/PPT reports delivered in under 3 minutes
  • WhatsApp bot for 30M+ Safaricom users

Spike Alerts

  • Volume spikes detected within 10 minutes — faster than news outlets
  • SMS or WhatsApp push notification
  • Emergency report delivered in under 3 minutes

Comparative Analysis

  • Side-by-side multi-candidate comparison
  • County-level breakdown per politician
  • 90-day trend charts with daily granularity

Transparent & Auditable

  • Every score links back to source posts
  • Date range, model version, and post count shown
  • No black boxes — full methodology published

Built for transparent political intelligence

9
Data sources
3
Languages
47
Counties
15m
Refresh cycle

Every sentiment score is traceable to its source.

On Demand

Professional Reports

Download a full intelligence report on any politician, county or issue — delivered in under 3 minutes.

Download a report

PDF

Charts + graphs, ideal for presentations.

Word

Editable .docx for internal briefings.

PowerPoint

12 ready-to-present slides for meetings.

Built for Everyone Who Follows Kenyan Politics

Who Can Use PublicMoodTracker

Journalists & editors

Verify a story's public mood in minutes, with post-level sourcing you can cite.

Researchers & civic tech

Query historical sentiment trends across counties, wards and campaign issues.

Campaign teams

Track your candidate's standing county-by-county against rivals, live.

Everyday citizens

See what Kenyans are actually saying about their leaders — not just headlines.

Pricing

Simple, Kenyan pricing

Pay via M-Pesa. No card required. No lock-in.

Grassroots

For wards

KES 1,000/ day
  • Single ward + county coverage
  • Ward-level candidates
  • Ward sentiment trends
  • Basic sentiment analysis
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Most PopularCounty

For counties

KES 2,000/ day
  • Full county + all wards
  • 20-40 politicians per county
  • County-wide intelligence
  • Competitor tracking + trends
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National

National reach

KES 3,000/ day
  • All 47 counties nationwide
  • 200+ national-level politicians
  • Advanced analytics + API
  • Real-time nationwide sentiment
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Kenya's political intelligence, at your fingertips.

Trusted by campaign teams, journalists, and researchers across Kenya. Start free — no card required.