Macdonald Obudho is the Director General at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), a role he has held since his appointment in November 2020.
He holds a Master of Science degree in Statistics from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the same university.
He also holds a PhD in Statistics.
Obudho joined KNBS in 1995 and has risen through the ranks from Economist/Statistician II (2) to the current position of Director General.
Obudho has vast experience in conducting population and housing censuses including the first ever Kenyan digital census that was conducted in 2019. He has competency in designing and carrying out statistical sample surveys and compilation of official statistics. He has successfully spearheaded many surveys in the areas of demography and social statistics.
From his statistical background, Macdonald Obudho is experienced in designing and creating different types of statistical household sampling frames. He also served in the KNBS field offices and later coordinated them for many years.
His experience in top management spans over 13 years. He has a number of certificates under his name that arise from short and long courses, workshops, conferences and seminars attended both locally and abroad.
He serves on a number of Boards including Hazina SACCO Ltd.
Recognitions
As a result of exemplary work in the design and execution of the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Mr. Obudho was honoured with a State Award; The Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS).
