This archive report was first published on 22 August 2019.
On August 22, 2019, a court ruling had barred the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) from recruiting public servants for the census exercise. However, the KNBS has now secured a stay order against this ruling.
The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi had ordered KNBS to remove names of public servants who had been recruited as supervisors and enumerators on August 15, 2019.
The court's decision was made in response to a petition filed by five residents from Homa Bay County, who claimed that there was no public participation ahead of the census exercise.
They also accused KNBS of failing to adhere to the principles of recruitment by hiring people who had not applied for the various positions and who were serving as public servants.
The census exercise is expected to kick off from August 24 and 25, 2019.
