The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has assured the country that the technology it will deploy to collect data for the 2019 National Housing and Population Census is foolproof and ready for use.
The exercise — which the agency says will be fully digital in line with the United Nations requirements — will be carried out on the night of August 24/25.
KNBS chief executive Zachary Mwangi on Monday said the technology was tried and tested during the pilot project conducted in August last year.
“We have a foolproof technology system that has an inbuilt quality control and we are sure we will get it right,” Mr Mwangi said during a media breakfast at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre.
He said the agency has been meeting stakeholders to build confidence and urged the political class to support the process, saying the final report will be published on time.
