A Kenyan opinion poll today showed President Mwai Kibaki would be comfortably re-elected but most members of parliament would lose their seats.
With less than five months to go before presidential and parliamentary elections, Mr Kibaki leads in the poll with 42 percent, trailed by former ally-turned-opponent Raila Odinga on 26 per cent.
Former Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka, who is embroiled in a bitter struggle with Mr Odinga for the opposition presidential ticket, was in third place on 11 per cent.
The survey was conducted by Infotrack Research and Consulting and Harris Interactive Global found 90 per cent of respondents would not vote for "power-hungry, corrupt and selfish" MPs.
Plans to give Kenya's 222 members of parliament 1.4 billion shillings (€15.25 million) as severance pay ahead of the December election have heightened public disgust.
Kenyans have taken to the streets in protest. In the latest demonstration today, about 100 people from civil society groups marched to parliament chanting "MPs are thieves", blowing whistles and carrying placards reading "arrest watchmen who steal from the taxpayers bank."
"A normal citizen takes five years to make half of what an MP earns in a month ... this should be illegal," said protester Colins Obuolo.
The poll said the opposition Orange Democratic Party-Kenya (ODM-K), formed by a coalition of Kibaki opponents in 2005, was the most popular party, with 26 per cent support. Only 13 percent supported Mr Kibaki's National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC-K).
Mr Kibaki has not formally declared his intention to run.