Kenya Begins Census
A
National Head count has begun in Kenya.
The
census is an important tool for policy and planning
for the East African country after protracted
election violence.
Daniel Kobei, chairman of the Ogiek People's
Development Programme, echoed this optimism. In his
words,” census is a good thing for us because the
government can now make better decisions about us”.
Criticism
Some
Kenyans have however condemned the clause in the
census exercise which indicated that people should
identify their ethnic group.
According to Peter Aling'o, executive director at
the Institute of Education in Democracy, regretted
that Kenyans were yet to learn any lesson from the
election violence
The
region’s biggest economy boasts of more than 40
groups with distinct linguistic and cultural
differences. They usually vote in blocs for
politicians from their own communities, regardless
of any ideological issues.
Reuters /Qasim/Funke