This archive report was first published on 15 August 2019.
On Thursday, a group of rowdy youths in Kangemi, Nairobi County, took to the streets to protest the recruitment of census officials in the area.
According to residents, the majority of the enumerators were not from Kangemi but from Eastlands, sparking the protest.
Westlands Member of Parliament Tim Wanyonyi stated that the training would not continue until the register of the trainees was audited.
The youths presented a list of names from Westlands residents to the area chief, requesting consideration for the jobs.
Similar protests were reported in Kiambaa Constituency, where youths complained about census officials not being area residents.
From a total of 183 officials, the youth in Kiambaa said 121 officials were not from the constituency.
Meanwhile, five people from Homa Bay county have moved to court to stop the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) from carrying out the census exercise in the county.
They accused KNBS of failing to adhere to the principles of recruitment, hiring people who had not applied for the positions and who were serving as public servants, terming it unconstitutional.
The 2019 census, scheduled to take place from August 24, 2019, is expected to hire a total of 174,700 officials.
