ok, maybe im in a different world but, have they released the census results? if not, when do they intend to?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:05 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kianiadee@gmail.com">kianiadee@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">With the impending census report due for release on Tuesday 31st<br>
August, I have been forced to eat humble pie, let me explain. I<br>
watched a documentary this afternoon on Citizen TV showing the<br>
preparation and execution of the census 2009 and I was impressed.<br>
Under the leadership of the Kenya Bureau of Statistics and conducted<br>
in a 3 stage process, It was professionally conducted and highly<br>
automated in most aspects. The processes were as follows:-<br>
<br>
- Pre-Enumeration: This involved taking of Ariel mapping to identify<br>
locations of dense population, clusters of households such as slums<br>
and villages etc. This was carried out on the entire country and was<br>
used to produce a Cartographic map that was advised the division and<br>
sub-division for enumerators to visit. In addition they also conducted<br>
a mock census 1 year before the kick-off  to identify potential<br>
challenges.<br>
<br>
- Enumeration: The actual census and &#39;counting&#39; as we know it. However<br>
the results were being done manually on paper.<br>
<br>
- Post-Enumeration: Involved manual verification of the data sheets<br>
and grouping for machines to scan. I was pleasantly surprised at how<br>
fast the scanning speed and the accuracy of the OCR. Further QA was<br>
done to ensure accuracy.<br>
<br>
I hand it to the Ministry of planning and the Bureau of statistics, a<br>
job well done. I think this is the most accurate census we have ever<br>
undertaken as a country and over 12.9 million household having been<br>
enumerated.<br>
<br>
I am sure that digitizing the enumeration process would have reduced<br>
the post-enumeration period (1 year) and saved on the Kshs. 8.4<br>
Billion bill that we the taxpayers have to foot but let give credit<br>
where it&#39;s due. This was a job well done.<br>
<br>
The main challenge though is what do we do with this information? The<br>
bureau said they are willing to consider proposals by special interest<br>
groups on coming up with specific research projects around the census.<br>
No doubt mobile companies will be first, where do we go from here?<br>
<br>
<br>
Much Respect Ministry of Planning<br>
<br>
<br>
Kiania D<br>
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