Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu and Ruiru MP Simon King’ara want the August census conducted using biometric technology.
The figures are likely to be manipulated if the process is done manually, they said.
The two were speaking in Ruiru during the commissioning of roads funded by the World Bank under the Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP) for six municipalities.
“For fairness, the population census should be done using the biometric system. If it is not possible, then the exercise should be shelved,” the governor said.
He said Kiambu deserves more funding from the national government because of its large population.
King’ara said the population in his constituency has more than doubled in the past few years as more people settled there, attracted by improved road networks such as the Thika Superhighway and the Eastern and Northern bypasses.
The other municipalities to benefit from the World Bank’s Sh1.9 billion Urban Development Grant (UDG) are Thika, Kiambu, Limuru, Kikuyu and Karuri.
Earlier, the governor commissioned drainage, lighting and roads projects worth Sh230 million in Thika and Juja. He said his government is committed to transform the county.
The governor asked Central residents not to be misled by a few politicians to abandon Deputy President William Ruto in his quest to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He accused ODM leader Raila Odinga of planning a smear campaign against the DP by portraying him as corrupt.
Kiambu Former Councillors Forum chairman Andrew Wanjukira said Central leaders should declare whether they support the war against corruption.
“Those occupying elective positions should stand to be counted and speak with one voice in support of the President in his resolve to nip corruption in the bud,” Wanjikira said in a statement.
He cautioned some Rift Valley MPs not to make utterances disrespectful to the President.
