Kenya: Aggressive Efforts Are Needed to Arrest Rapid Population Growth

21 August 2018

There is every need for a concerted effort by national and county governments to aggressively raise awareness about population control through deliberate effective family planning, even as a national population census is planned for August next year.

The economic survey report of 2018 puts Kenya's population at 46.6 million and expected to grow by almost a million next year, going by the annual average growth rate of 1.2 million over the past five years.

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