To effectively manage and coordinate the entire National Statistical System to enhance statistical production and utilization.
A centre of excellence in Statistics production and management.
KNBS is a Semi-Autonomous Government Agency established by an Act of Parliament – the Statistics Act, 2006.
- Collection of statistical information.
- Compilation of statistical information.
- Analysis of statistical information.
- Publication and dissemination of statistical information for public use.
- Coordinating, monitoring and supervising the National Statistical System [NSS].
- Act as the principal agency of the government for collecting, analyzing and disseminating statistical data in Kenya.
- Act as custodian of official statistics.
- Conduct the Population and Housing Census every ten years, and such other censuses and surveys as the Board may determine.
- Maintain a comprehensive and reliable national socio-economic database.
- Establish standards and promote the use of best practices and methods in the production and dissemination of statistical information across the NSS.
- Plan, authorize, coordinate and supervise all official statistical programs undertaken within the NSS.
The Bureau maintains the National Sampling Survey and Evaluation Programme (NASSEP), which provides the framework for designing household surveys to generate different forms of household based data. It maintains a Master File of all establishments in the country. The Master File provides a framework of collecting establishment based data.
KNBS has an elaborate infrastructure for data collection, which includes District Statistical Officers and trained enumerators in every district. The Bureau is also the custodian of all government statistical information, and for this it maintains a database of all national surveys including National Population and Housing Censuses. KNBS is organized into six Directorates, each headed by a Director.
The six Directorates are:
- Directorate of Macroeconomic Statistics
- Directorate of Production Statistics
- Directorate of Population and Social Statistics
- Directorate of Strategy and Development
- Directorate of Information and Communication Technology
- Directorate of Finance and Administration
There are statistical officers posted in Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Transport and Communication, Education, and Environment to augment data collection and analysis in those institutions. KNBS provides statistics to various organizations on request. The information is usually requested for research or publications of the country's socio-economic profiles.
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