Most of the men enumerated in Kitengela town on Saturday night are demanding identification cards so they can go to pubs on Sunday night.
Some of the people who had been counted before 9 pm complained they had been denied denied their freedom of movement even after they complied with the directive to be enumerated.
They said the night was 'too long at home.'
“I do not think I will stand this idleness at home on Sunday again,” land broker Kennedy Meelin Kitengela said after he was enumerated.
They argued that the schools have been closed and all the children are at home, so the won't have any peace if they are stuck at home.
Heavy police presence was reported in Loitokitok, Kitengela, Kajiado, Ongata Rongai and Ngong on Saturday night.
Bar and pub owners closed their businesses as early as 5 pm on Saturday as revellers went to their houses to be enumerated.
Meanwhile, enumeration of persons in Kajiado was smooth with no reported incidents in the sub-counties, Acting county commissioner Charles Wambugu on Sunday.
Wambugu brief reporters after talking to police commanders across the county.
“We have provided all the officials with enough security personnel to guard them in the course of their duties. I am happy with the progress so far,” Wambugu said.
On Saturday Governor Joseph Lenku and family were among the first people enumerated.
After he was counted, Lenku said the movement of Kajiado pastoralists will not hurt the counting process.
"Although there is movement of pastoralists in the county due to drought, the number is insignificant," he said at his official residence.
He said the drought is not so bad that livestock owners will be forced to move their cattle to neighbouring country or subcounties in Taita Taveta and Makueni as in the past.
