Indigenous groups in North Rift forests will be counted, PS says

Agriculture PS Nominee Harry Kimtai during the vetting by National Assembly Agriculture Committee at Continental House, Nairobi [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

Indigenous communities living in forests in three North Rift counties will be counted during the ongoing population census, a State official has said.

The move comes in the wake of complaints by members of the indigenous Sengwer community living in parts of Embobut Forest who raised concerns that they might be left out in the national population census.