KNBS through a statement said that Obudho has vast experience in conducting population and housing censuses including the first ever Kenyan digital census that was conducted in 2019.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led gains among the region’s major markets as it jumped more than 2%, as of its final hour of trading. Shares of life insurer AIA soared more than 6%.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 9.01 billion shares, compared with the 9.1 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

The Derivatives Market had 1 Safaricom single stock futures contracts valued at Kes 31,050 concluded during today's trading session.

An estimated 3 million Kenyans who live abroad sent home Kes 280 billion in last year.