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President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta were among the first Kenyans to be enumerated in the 2019 National Population and Housing Census exercise that kicked off on Saturday evening.

In a brief address after the enumeration exercise, the President reiterated his earlier call to Kenyans to participate in the national exercise so as to provide the government with appropriate data for purposes of planning national development programs.

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“Mine is to say that I have formally gone through the process. We’ve completed that exercise with my family,” the President said.

“Once again I reiterate that this is an exercise that’s geared towards helping us plan for your future. It is an exercise that is geared towards better utilization of your taxes to ensure that they get to the people. You cannot plan if you do not have the right statistics,” he added.

Present during the exercise was Treasury CS Ukur Yatani who said the exercise had taken off smoothly across the country.

“The exercise has taken off in every part, every enumeration area of this country and so far we are registering good progress. We have not had any major hitches anywhere,” the CS Yatani told the President.

Others present were the Principal Secretary for National Planning Torome Saitoti, Treasury Chief Administrative Secretary Nelson Gaichuhie, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics Board Chairman Peter Kiguta and Nairobi Regional Coordinator Wilson Njega.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and First Lady Margaret Kenyatta were, on Monday evening, hosted to a state dinner by Jamaica’s Governor-General, Patrick Allen, and his wife, Lady Allen, at King’s House in Kingston, Jamaica.

The State banquet was graced by Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the Jamaica Leader of Opposition, Peter Phillips, as well as the Kenyan delegation accompanying the President.

Uhuru, donned in a black suit, white shirt and a black tie, was granted the honour of addressing the guests at the elegant dinner.

President Uhuru addressing guests at the classy party in Jamaica August 6, 2019

The Kenyan President had earlier on paid a floral tribute at the shrine of Jamaican national hero, the Right Excellent Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

Several other Kenyan dignitaries such as Cabinet Secretary Sports, Amina Mohammed were also present at the classy party.

The pomp and colour marked Uhuru’s first day, on his 4-day state visit to the Carribean nation, with both leaders pledging to deepen bilateral and people-to-people ties for the benefit of the two countries.

Besides the signing of several agreements, the two leaders and their delegations held a bilateral meeting during which plans to introduce air transport connections between Kenya and Jamaica were discussed.

“Our national carrier now has scheduled direct flights from Nairobi to New York,but we would like to see flights flying from the East Coast to the West Coast of Africa and directly to Jamaica, and through Jamaica to the rest of the Caribbean as a true way of deepening our partnership,” President Kenyatta maintained, during a joint press conference earlier during the day.

Uhuru is expected take up the role of the chief guest, during the 57th Jamaica Independence Day celebrations on Tuesday.

Here are some photos from the classy state banquet: