It wasnt about the number of men per se but the number of eligible men

When you look at the graph of population growth in the KNBS brochure and minister's presentation, you will see that the it is curving upwards! meaning we are growing at an increasing rate. We need to stop having many children given that mortality rates have decreased.

Other random observations are:
-Youthful population (15-24) stands at 7.8M meaning that over the next decade, 20% of the population will seek to enter the workforce. We have more serious issues of unemployment that we will have to deal with
-3.6% of households(13% in Nairobi alone) have a computer meaning that there is huge potential for rollout of internet and other ICT services.
-Huge need for piped water services in Western and Nyanza. Currently only 7%, expected higher. CDF, new county governments should prioritize this issue. It also presents a good business opportunity.
-commercial chicken opportunity underexploited in Coast and Western when compared to Central and Rift Valley. Good business opportunity especially in Coast province considering the tourism trade.

And it is sentiments like this one above that will forever hold us back. Masukuma can you afford to have 10 children? If you can only sustain x number of children for your family, what makes you think that at national level we can sustain endless numbers??????

The other day I saw someone's profile at Ancestry dot com and could not help but wonder where the govt stores our census records? I noted also that we've had census since 1950. Would really like going through such data.

Wueh, mumechimbua thread ya miaka 7 !