The preliminary results for this year’s census will be released in three months, the government has announced.
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani has said that the exercise will be conducted through electronic means for the first time in Kenya's history. Upon completion of the exercise, the statistics will remain confidential as stated by the Statistics Act 2006.
The national government has set up 129,123 enumeration areas with each of them comprising of around 100 households.
The areas will be served by a single enumerator. Ukur has asked Kenyans to cooperate during the exercise by remaining within their areas of residence until the exercise is complete.
“We are encouraging Kenyans to remain where they currently reside for accuracy purposes. All those who will be away, may it be on work duty such as doctors, nurses or watchmen will be enumerated with the household,” Yattani said.
The Kenyan government has also announced that those persons living in the diaspora will not be counted as the exercise kicks off.
The enumerators will ask about those who have migrated from one part of the country to the overseas during the exercise to get accurate data.
The interim Treasury CS also said that the preparations are almost complete ahead of the start of the entire process on August 24.