They knock on every door, and who is at home, they must engage. Last night made with dark roads in Kenya's national counter to the way you want to find out by the end of the month, who lives in the East African country. "The time has come for all of us, we can count on," said Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki turned in a television address to the nation.
"We have taken steps to include the homeless, street children and travelers," said Anthony Kilele, Director the statistical agency. "Even babies who are born just before midnight to be collected by us." Initial calculations assume that the population has grown since the last census in 1999 much stronger than previously estimated: from 29 to 40 million - previous projections were out of 35 million.
But what applies to many Kenyans, the census are questions about their tribal affiliation. Just one year has passed since the ethnic riots heated with more than 1 000 dead. Large parts of Kenya are still suffering from under tension, there are always clashes with the dead.
"The ethnic composition of the population, unfortunately, the focus of this census, "Njoki Ndung'u excoriated by the Kenyan civil rights movement" Mars Group. It suggested that politicians can abuse the information on the ethnic composition of the country for tampering before the next elections in 2012. "There are now so many mixed marriages in the country that many Kenyans belong to any single ethnic group more "caring so Ndung'u.
instead is a clarification of the unrest and the continued reconciliation of the nation, many politicians continue to the ethnic card in order to preserve their power . The gap between different strains is still so great that the Government of ethnicity as the most important Hiring criteria used, "said Ndung'u. Especially in the capital Nairobi have announced critics to answer questions about the controversial knowingly false.
to the political uncertainty is the fear of the census itself. In censuses in the past repeatedly households attacked because posing predator census. That takes place the count at night, many do not understand why.
"But it's no different if we want to get an idea of who lives where," defends chief statistician Kilele action . Even President Kibaki promises security, "Many people meters have been recruited directly from the neighborhood. The enumerated So know most of those who stand outside the door. "But the uncertainty is large, and because patterns of counter cards and uniforms to this day have been published. Some of you this way can, for fear the door.
(Copyright Berliner Newspaper, 09/25/2009)
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