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| Makueni governor Prof. Kibwana on Wednesday issued a notice ordering bars closure in the county during census. PHOTO|FILE |
BY
ANDREW MUTEMI
Prof Kibwana
in a notice he issued on Wednesday said bars and business entities licensed by
his government to sell liquor will remain closed from
August24 at 6am till the following day at 5 pm. This, the county boss said will
allow all people in the county to be within their homesteads for the national count.
His order comes barely two days after his Machakos counterpart Dr Alfred Mutua issued a similar
notice on Monday.
“Any
bar or premise going against this executive order is liable and risks cancellation
of the license granted by the county government of Makueni”, Prof. Kibwana
warned.
In
the notice the county chief highlighted the important of being enumerated to
include among others giving accurate number of people living in the county,
their living conditions and their accessibility to basic amenities. Other uses
of uses of the census data according to the governor include: resource
allocation, delineation of boundaries, research and creation of household-
based frames for future surveys.
Prof.
Kibwana also called on the Makueni people living in other parts of the country
to travel home so that they can be counted within the county.
In
the social media platforms some Kitui residents have mounted pressure on their
governor Charity Ngilu to issue a similar statement in following the suit of
her Ukambani colleagues.
Mwingi
West MP Charles Nguna through a statement on his official Facebook account also called on his constituents to troop to their
homes for the census exercise this weekend. He urged the locals to accord
the census staff maximum cooperation when they visit their homesteads.
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