IRI says the poll was conducted in December 2014 and funded by the foreign aid arm of the United States, the US Agency for International Development. 
IRI inasema kura hiyo ya maoni ilifanyika kati ya Desemba 2014 na ilifadhiliwa na shirika la misaada la Marekani, wakala wa Marekani kwa Maendeleo ya Kimataifa.