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Statistics agency in Sh390m deal with Swedish partner

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has signed a Sh390.4 million financing deal with Statistics Sweden in a project that will include training of staff, institutional capacity building as well as generation of statistics on economy, agriculture, environment and gender.

“This technical assistance, which will run for four years, will be used for institutional capacity building and improving on quality of data collected and disseminated using the latest technology, tools and procedures that meet global standards,” said KNBS Director General Zachary Mwangi.

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