The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) is conducting a nationwide knowledge assortment train below the 2025/26 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS). Beginning this month, the year-long initiative goals to collect essential data to help nationwide planning, affect public coverage, and monitor the dwelling requirements of Kenyans.
KNBS introduced that the face-to-face interviews can be carried out by skilled enumerators in 24,480 scientifically chosen households throughout all 47 counties, in addition to in 960 households in refugee camps. The knowledge assortment drive will run till July 22, 2026.
The knowledge to be collected will cowl a variety of domains corresponding to family earnings and expenditure, entry to schooling and well being, employment and dealing situations, baby diet, fertility and mortality charges, and availability of housing, clear water, sanitation, and power.
To promote openness and win the belief of the general public, the Bureau reported that the enumerators can be carrying official identification badges bearing QR scan codes for verification, along with introduction letters from KNBS.
The knowledge assortment can be utterly digital, with the enumerators utilizing pill computer systems for better accuracy and effectivity. KNBS is urging the sampled households to totally cooperate and supply appropriate solutions to allow the survey to be a hit.
Reassuring the general public, the Bureau identified that every one solutions can be confidential and used solely for statistical makes use of.
“Our dedication is to carry the information collected in strict confidentiality and use it for statistical functions solely,” the discover added.
One of essentially the most complete family surveys in Kenya, KIHBS performs a big position in informing financial and social insurance policies with direct implications on the lives of residents.
For inquiry or extra data, KNBS welcomes the general public to name or e mail them, go to their places of work in Nairobi at Real Towers in Upperhill, Nairobi, or examine their web site at www.knbs.or.ke.
