Nairobi — A section of enumerators and supervisors who were posted at the Kilindini port during the August national census are yet to receive their allowances, nearly two months after completion of the exercise.

They lodged their complaint yesterday at the Coast Provincial Commissioner Ernest Munyi's office, after being taken in circles about the payment of the money owed to them by the Ministry of Planning.

A supervisor who requested anonymity for fear of victimisation had earlier told the Nation that there was a possibility that their names could have been omitted from the final list submitted to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) headquarters.

He said that out of more than 100 officials, half of them are yet to receive their allowances which were supposed to be wired to their bank accounts two weeks ago, according to the Ministry of Planning.

At the start of the exercise, all those hired were asked to submit their names, account and bank details and identification numbers, after which KNBS employees were to compile the list, send it back for verification and then transfer the date into their system for purposes of payment.

Yesterday, he said that even after persistently requesting for the final list to verify if their names were there or they were omitted without their knowledge, there was no forth coming response.

He however said that some of their colleagues had received their allowances and wondered what criteria was used to disburse the funds.

He claimed that they had been told that the money would be sent to Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) which would then disburse to the individual accounts in other banks. However, he said, the bank denied the claims.

Planning Minister Wycliffe Oparanya was recently quoted nearly three weeks ago saying that the officials would be paid almost two weeks ago, noting that the delay had been caused by lack of money since the Treasury only allocated half of the funds before Parliament went on recess last month.

The minister noted that the money owed to the census team increased by Sh1.1 billion following the high number of officials, noting that Sh4.1 billion had been allocated for the exercise but the budget shot to Sh5.2 billion.