The Directorate will be headed by a Director, Population and Social Statistics, who is responsible to the Director General for the following functions;
Undertake decennial population and housing census as per the Statistics Act, 2006 and schedule 4 of the Kenya Constitution, 2010;
Undertake demographic and health sample surveys;
Compile vital statistics;
Conduct social sample surveys;
Collect, collate, compile, analyze, publish and disseminate administrative data on Governance, Peace and Security, health, education and gender statistics;
Undertake cartographic mapping work for census;
Develop and manage geo-spatial databases;
Prepare relevant chapters in the Annual Economic Survey and Statistical Abstract;
Disseminate population, demographic and social statistics;
Provide technical advice on population, demographic and social statistics and cartographic matters to stakeholders;
Coordination of collaboration and partnership between data producers and users in population and social sectors;
Coordinate collaboration with international bodies that support population related matters;
Undertake data entry, processing, analysis and dissemination; and
Maintain population and social statistics database(s).
Divisions
The Directorate will be organized into three (3) divisions, namely;
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