It started with the song 'watu wa census!' and dance from little children who were elated to see the census officials on the first day of the exercise.
He stopped and danced to the children's chants on the road before joining them and dancing around with them, unaware that his partners were filming the event.
The enumerator took his time to spread joy to the children even though he was working on a tough schedule, and still had a distance to cover.
He is known by many as 'mtu wa census', but his real name is Collins Kiprono. He was a special enumerator, that is, he was tasked with counting the homeless, sick people and those who were travelling on the reference night of August 24.
He was in the company of his colleagues on the way to Kericho Rehabilitation School, which is located in Kericho County. He was mandated to count the occupants of the centre.
Collins is an alumnus of Kabianga High School (2010-2013) and Egerton University, where he pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Geographical Studies. He, however, has not been able to graduate due to a Ksh60,000 fee balance.
He opened up to NTV about his life, saying that he currently digs boreholes and latrines in the hope that he will save enough money to graduate and do something with his life.
He also disclosed that he applied for the census job to support his sick mother who is at the moment admitted to Siloam Hospital in Kericho. He was there with her when he heard that his dancing video had gone viral.
"I was actually in hospital with my mother when I heard that a video of me jumping up and down with kids went viral. She has been in and out of the hospital for the past three months, she had hypertension which led to heart complications," he explained.
His was one of the first videos that emerged at the beginning of the census period, but it was only after the census exercise was complete that KNBS sought him to congratulate him alongside other outstanding enumerators.
'You showed up to put in the work, and put a smile on someone's face, we celebrate you today. Anyone with information that could help us celebrate this enumerator Kindly inbox. Thank you,' Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) tweeted on Saturday.
This led to a barrage of reports from people who knew the enumerator that led to his discovery.
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