However, politicians from Mt Kenya region are unrelenting in their drive to have a biometric census, insisting that the economic and social development of the region was reliant on KNBS conducting a credible exercise. “We will only accept a biometric census. We do not want fraud again like in 2009 when in some regions even unborn children were being counted,” Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga said yesterday. Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua is one of the critics of manual enumeration, insisting that Mt Kenya region will still be prevented from getting the resources it deserves. Imenti North MP Rahim Dawood and his South Imenti counterpart Kathuri Murungi said the issue of a credible census remained a key agenda for Mt Kenya leaders.

Source: Standard Digital March 23, 2019 21:06 UTC