Senators gave the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Director General, Macdonald Obudho, seven days to address the lack of inclusivity at the government institution.
This followed a meeting between the Senate Standing Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration and Obudho on Monday, July 14, to address concerns over the representation of Kenya's diversity in the bureau's workforce.
The committee, chaired by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Said Chute, specifically interrogated the demographic composition of the bureau's employees.
Chute directed Obudho to submit, within seven days, a comprehensive gender mainstreaming policy that ensures a gender-responsive work environment, along with documents showing the percentage of youth, men, women, and persons with disabilities employed by KNBS.
