Monday, April 15,
2002
Who wants extra time for law review?
When asked 'Should the Ghai
commission be given more time?', 56.3 per cent said Yes, while 42.4 per
cent said No.
Of those who said Yes, most,
at 62.8 per cent were in Coast Province. Province by province, the Yes
voters were: Western (61.8 per cent), Eastern (61.1), Rift Valley (57.9),
Nyanza (57.1), Central (47.1), Nairobi (46.9), and North Eastern (46.2).
Of these, 56.9 per cent were
women and 55.8 per cent were men.
Most of them - of either
sex - were in the 18-20 age group (63 per cent), followed by the 21-30s
(56.7), 41-50 (56.6), 31-40 (54.3), then 51 and above (51.8).
A breakdown of the education
levels of these respondents showed that the largest group, 59.3 per cent,
had received primary education, with 55.9 per cent going to secondary school
and 54.8 per cent reaching university. However, 53.5 per cent had received
no formal education at all.
Of the 42.4 per cent who
did not want extra time for the commission, the most - 53.1 per cent -
were in Nairobi. Next came North Eastern (49.2 per cent), followed by Central
(48.8), Nyanza (42), Rift Valley (41.2), Eastern (38.3), Western (38.2),
and Coast (36).
A slight majority of the
No voters was male, at 43.7 per cent, with women making up 40.9 per cent
of those against.
By age grouping, the eldest
- 51 and above - were most against, followed by the 31-40-year-olds (45.2
per cent), then those in the 21-30 range (42.1 per cent), 41-50 (41 per
cent), and 18-20 (35.9 per cent).
Educationally, most of those
against had been to university (44.4 per cent), followed by those who had
secondary education (43.8), then those with no formal education (40.9)
and those who had been as far as primary school (38.5).
Conclusion: A person
most in favour of an extension was likely to be a young woman from the
Coast - aged 18-20, whose formal education ended at primary school. A typical
No voter would be a male university graduate from Nairobi, aged 51 or over.