ZAMBIA Statistics Agency (ZamStats) interim statistician general Mulenga Musepa says the leaked fake figures of the 2022 census of population are actually a projection of figures from an old exercise. In a statement, Tuesday ZamStats advised the public to ignore circulating figures purported to the official statistics for the 2022 census. And in an interview, Wednesday, Musepa said the 2022 population summary count would be announced by the Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane soon. “I just came across it, one of my friends called me and said that are you releasing census data [and] I said which data? [Then he said] there is this group someone might have posted from somewhere so I said let me see what that [is]....

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