After the first two days of the ten-year census process in Kenya, the situation returns to normal: the most striking is the reopening of public places, bars and restaurants, after 5.30 pm. The decision, taken by the Kenyan Ministry of the Interior for the first two days, which coincided with the weekend just ended, certainly irritated and penalized more the managers and owners than the citizens who experienced a diversion. Even in Nairobi several initiatives were taken to organize exclusive parties in private homes and was also born a social network related to the census where to post photos of alternative entertainment on Saturday night waiting to be counted by the officers.
From today everything is quieter even if the census continues until August 31, but mostly if you have not been visited and interviewed, we will make appointments. Tourists have often not been disturbed but, leaving their documents or photocopies in the hotel receptions, they have been counted without interview, as it is also right that it should be.
In any case, the government has transmitted new guidelines for the post-reporting period. Anyone who has not been reached by the census officers, in addition to being able to present themselves in the offices of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, will also have a telephone number to ask for information and transmit their data: 0800-221-020