This archive report was first published on 23 August 2019.
On August 22, 2019, Nyamira County Commissioner Amos Mariba took action against an ICT supervisor involved in the upcoming census exercise. The supervisor had been drinking excessively and deposited census gadgets as collateral in Nyamira.
According to Mariba, the ICT supervisor had sought to be served beer on loan and offered to surrender the gadgets. However, it was not immediately known how much beer he had consumed before his arrest.
Mariba stated that the official was arrested after missing a pre-census preparation and briefing meeting on Wednesday. A search was then mounted, and he was eventually traced. The ICT census supervisor was issued with a census tablet and a power bank and consequently went missing since Wednesday," said Mariba, the County Census Committee chairman.
Police from Sengera police had a challenging time searching for the officer. After a frantic search, they located him at a drinking joint. He later led the policemen to a different club, where the census machines were recovered.
Meanwhile, Homa Bay County Commissioner Harman Shambi has banned night prayers during the census period. Shambi directed security officials to ensure nobody goes to church on Saturday and Sunday evening.
