A recent nationwide survey by Infotrak Research and Consulting shows that most Kenyans want secondary school uniforms to remain mandatory, rejecting proposals to make them optional.
The study found that 63 per cent of respondents opposed scrapping uniforms, while 43 per cent supported the idea, with three per cent unsure.
The survey reveals strong resistance to removing uniforms across several regions. On the Coast, 64 per cent of respondents said the government should maintain the requirement, compared to 34 per cent who supported scrapping it.
Only 2 per cent were undecided. North Eastern Kenya showed a similar pattern, with 59 per cent opposing the removal of uniforms, 36 per cent supporting it, and about five per cent unsure.
In Eastern Kenya, opposition is even more pronounced. The poll indicated that 68 per cent of respondents want uniforms to remain, while only 30 per cent supported abolishing them.
Central Kenya also leaned against the proposal, though by a smaller margin, with 53 per cent opposing the change and 43 per cent in favour. About five per cent were undecided.
Rift Valley is the only region where a majority favours ending the uniform requirement. Here, 51 per cent of respondents said uniforms should be scrapped, 40 per cent opposed the idea, and 9 per cent were unsure, marking the highest level of uncertainty in the survey.
Western Kenya respondents largely opposed the proposal, with 64 per cent against and 34 per cent in favour. Nyanza recorded the strongest resistance nationwide, with 73 per cent opposing the removal of uniforms and 27 per cent supporting it.
Only one per cent were undecided. In Nairobi, 63 per cent of respondents opposed making uniforms optional, 34 per cent supported it, and three per cent were unsure.
The survey was carried out between December 2025 and January 2026 and included 1,000 adults aged 18 and above. Data was collected through Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) with a ±3.10 per cent margin of error at a 95 per cent confidence level and a 99 per cent response rate.
Infotrak ensured national representation by using a Population Proportionate to Size (PPS) sampling frame guided by the 2019 Census.
All 47 counties and eight regions of Kenya were covered, and the survey sample was proportionately allocated to reflect the adult population across the country.
