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why is kenya important this african country is conducting yet another population count its outcome is expected to shift political boundaries and shape elections but in a country divided along ethnic and tribal lines what does that mean this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. governments has been holding a historic census over the weekend while the 160000 people were deployed to collect

data from its population of about 50000000 but that process has proven to be a challenge since millions of kenyans live in slums with no official address millions more are nomadic herders cross into neighboring countries bracketing malcolm webb has more from nairobi kenya as government is conducting a census for the 6 time happens every 10 years the result may be significant for several reasons state resources are allocated to each district according to population and higher numbers of people means more money from the central government in the last census 10 years ago there were allegations of data rigging this time police say they've arrested one chief in northern kenya trying to double the numbers of people in his area. it's also significant in terms. politics in a city plays a key role in kenya's politics which are often contested on tribal lines census

includes the question on people's ethnicity so the results will show which ethnic groups have grown larger which is smaller and politicians will be paying close attention to those numbers so that they can work out which groups they will aim to call for votes in the upcoming elections rights groups have expressed concerns that the census goes beyond its legal mandate of a simple anonymous account of the people in kenya plus some simple data about them it's needed for policy making because the census also includes questions that identify people things such as national id numbers the rights groups say it's problematic for the government to have a database of all the people in kenya occluding all of this information even the g.p.s. of the home that they live in especially in the absence of data protection law that stipulates how this data can be kept who can access it and what for they say

there's a risk it could be misused for discrimination or for targeting people i did later stage. there's no preexisting comprehensive list of every physical address millions of kenyans live in slums or informal settlements all shacks to the data collectors are sent to every single home to ask people questions on their doorstep but there are still major challenges for example the millions of nomadic herders who often cross borders into neighboring countries the government hopes to collect all of the data by the end of august but it will take much longer to process it all kenyans will be waiting 3 months before they get the final results. show there's a history of controversy in kenya when it comes to census that's because kenyan politics are often contested along tribal. signs and census data determines how state resources are allocated the 4 largest ethnic groups that make up more than 60

percent of the population that's according to the last census a decade ago. coors are concentrated in the country's center and make up an estimated 22 percent of the population since independence from britain many have taken up prominent positions in government including president or horror. the low here if the group account for 14 percent of the population they live in the west as a bloc the votes are much sought after by political candidates the 3rd biggest group is the law they make up 13 percent of the population and are concentrated in what was then the answer province in the west opposition leader. is a member of the tribe currently an account for 12 percent of the population and are found across the rift valley region many have taken up key positions in the government military and state owned companies.

let's bring in our guest from. damascus caprino is lawyer and campaign manager at the international kenya jonathan of journalists and publisher of africa briefing a pan-african magazine based in london patrick is writer and political analyst welcome to the program dimmest is there a general sentiment among canyons that this census in particular is about building more understanding of the demographics or there's a political agenda behind it. well. judging from the secrecy that has surrounded the success ames for example. but i mean the statistics are correct that is the basis for the census was signed an amendment was signed into law just 2 weeks ago. and there are certain questions that not seem relevant for census

that was. asked during the senate during this exercise. so it seems like. there was not transparency in the whole process and which in which many kenyans would would say it would suggest that there could be some nefarious things going on genocide why is this sense as divisive among the kenyans well i mean it's held in every and every country every 10 years i lived in england and this is not just held year every every 10 years every 10 or so in this. country like. tribal and ethnic sensibilities are very very. high and i think of care and i might be checking

to of weight if you suspicions any. yeah just british on behalf of the people and. the government you know has suffered a lot of. attacks in recent times. ok so in their governments as can certain questions i think it's in lying and it would be need to do that tried to be able to identify you know who lives with you know who he said tracking and who he said for not as well as so forth but you know in the absence of adequate protection i guess i did with england right and i can give my some attention from the start by me see if we don't know leaked out that information is protected by data is i mean it's i don't protect it to know for sure ok so the government's obvious that i don't go back to has to

a buck or should have bought on a very extensive known and all public information campaign right to such face the people us to why they need and or for such information to be provided and owen of course or titian should have been done by i shouldn't have been that arbitrary that is where i have a problem with the whole exercise i see but i think provided it as sort of one again look the good bands. issues passports the government issues and i said your tickets so you don't have to ask being in and i know he has of course is to to indicate my my apartment number and provide my national id it is done by your regular said me so you should know all my details about audience details about trick i mean if this is an exercise to further build a relation between the government and the people many people are asking what's the

point behind the census what in 1909 there was a crucial one but then the results were never made public it took people many many years for some of those details to total down in the in the media. well 1st thing to remember that as mentioned the census is required by law every 10 years to be carved out. the important thing is also that the census information is really supposed to be simply for statistics and research purposes so that the government can formulate policy is can know how to unlock a look at resources it is not necessary and in fact it is forbidden by law for the government to use this to directly identify people or to directly target individuals that is actually would be completely illegal by the statistics law that. i had mentioned before. i think it's

a it's also important for us to recall that there's a context here that the government itself has in previous times collected people's data and then utilize it for the proper sees that it has and it was not intended so for example in the run up 227000 elections when people being asked to register. to vote in citing cases that information was taken was combined with information a government already has about mobile phone users because of go to register your same kind of it only get one and then they use that to try and push up. out. people registering for the vote. in particular regions where they wanted particular candidates to win you know and even in especially in the presidential election where they thought they had strongholds they tried and pushed to push up

a town out there you get a call from your local chief you know or your. i mean your local government official does actually tell you you know you have introduced you know go and do to vote go and do this but then you ask how did you know i have introduced. this is not data he was supposed to have how did you get my 4 number this is not information he was supposed to hop so given this context it's quite worrying that now in the census where data is supposed to be anonymised that government is insisting on collecting idea numbers where they can then pair up what you have said in the census with who you are as an individual and then who knows what they're going to use that information for we have an election in 3 years time there again try and manipulate these data to try and affect the result of the election we don't know if that it is meant to be anonymous it should be anonymous from the beginning don't collect data that's going to identify people so in this

case that is not necessarily the kenyan national bureau of statistics said it does not require this information so why they're collecting it is quite a baathist in the mouth 3rd of a 0 point demo so if you're the government no is faced with that with a balancing act the need to respect the terms of the statistics act that calls for the need to respect privacy and anonymity but at the same time the government says this has the right to conduct the survey is the government willing or can it maintain and implement this census with respect in the study is this law. for the 1st time the census is being conducted in a digital manner. the previous census was people based. there using tablets that. have been.