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As the widely publicized and “controversial “United Nations” Summit bringing together thousands of delegates from across the globe is set to kick off in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, voices of dissent faulting the meeting have increased, the argument of misplaced priorities and a wrong agenda characterizing criticisms leveled against the three-day conference.
While Kenya’s overall population has increased by about nine million people since the last census in 2009, the report of the 2019 census released early this week shows not only a comparative downward trend in the rate of growth over the years but also a significant drop in the household size, results that seem to reveal, according to some Catholic clergy and laity in Kenya, the use of modern family planning methods including contraceptives.