@ Ericks

From you insistence on death and birth records to justify a census,one wonders whether to be irritated or sympathetic.

Theres plenty of data that death and birth certificates dont offer,such as your economic well being,proximity to utilities,proximity to health centers etc......

Like Wendz says dont trivialise an important economic event.


The Hedonist

@ Lyanne,

sympathy would be better if directed towards those who need it,as for irritation,u can choose to get on with it.... am sure u dont actually believe that resources u mentioned hereunder will be provided based on the census,how about those who live in Mombasa n tonight n the whole of this week they'll be in nairobi? then how r u gona tell my economic wellbeing from a census? people r very conservative with their wealth details.
equitable distribution of resources can even be done using voting cards for geographical location purposes,n contrary to ur claim most birth n death details capture those proximities u mentioned. a good number of women in this country give birth at the nearest hospital or health centre. so u can actually tell if more of such resources will be needed there.
otherwise we shall continue having wealthy urban dwellers n poor rural dwellers just because we think that people in urban areas need more resources coz they r many.

Anyway thats my opinion whoever thinks that am trivializing this important exercise most probably agrees with me.

Its just me
whatever choice you make in life make sure that you can live with it.

folks

..what Lyanne et al are saying is that there is more to Census than the mere headcount as you will soon find out once results are published.

..and there is a whole lot of interest groups/individuals for many reasons especially in reasearch work.

...there is this tendency to trivialise every govt initiative....that just doesnt help this nation.

Just out of curiosity,how do developed countries like the US,and countries in Europe conduct theirs?

I didn't know someone could be so happy being counted....kweli wajivunia kuwa mkenya