Garissa County Woman Representative Anab Subow has made a passionate appeal to Garissa residents as the census fast closes in.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the outspoken legislator emphasised on the importance of participation in the decennial exercise.
She said that participation would pave the way for an increase in the allocation of resources to the county as the allocation of resources would be pegged on numbers.
"I urge the people of Garissa County who live or work outside the county to travel to Garissa for the upcoming census. Equally, I also urge all those in Garissa to come out for the census and be counted on the nights of 24th and 25th August. Through the census, the national cake and resources will be shared, more funds will be pumped to our county and constituencies and the national job sharing will be considered by our respective population," her Facebook post read in part.
Her appeal comes just days to the census which the Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KBS) says it is adequately prepared for.
President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the countdown to the census last week at the Kenya International Conference Centre (KICC).
Kenyans from all the 47 counties will be counted.